Rick Langford vs. Jack Leiper — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Leiper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Langford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.351 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Rick Langford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Jack Leiper

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.57
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.38
75.38
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.51
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
4.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5796
34.99
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
35
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Jack Leiper

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.57
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.44
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.7
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.16
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Jack Leiper

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
142.86
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA