Gary Lavelle vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Gary Lavelle
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Lavelle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 2.93 and 1.447 for Gary Lavelle. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gary Lavelle and Leo Townsend

Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
6.18
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.66
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.64
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.96
50.96
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
2.93
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3255
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1004
8.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
3.65
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.05
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
6.38
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.16
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4604
38.19
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.31
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.1
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.67
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.3
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.82
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.331
1.331
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4034
33.46
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.19
38.19
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Gary Lavelle and Leo Townsend

Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
6.18
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3255
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1085
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
2.02
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.24
94.24
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gary Lavelle and Leo Townsend

Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
745
3492.19
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
520.31
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
42.19
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.81
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.38
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.38
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.89
4.15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
51.56
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
56.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
23.44
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.75
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
42.19
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.91
-23.03
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.06
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
52
243.75
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
65.63
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.38
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Lavelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA