Sam Leever vs. Andy Messersmith — Career Comparison

Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Andy Messersmith
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Sam Leever posted a stronger line than Andy Messersmith. Sam Leever posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.47 vs 2.86) and home runs allowed (0.1 per nine innings vs 0.7). By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Sam Leever and Andy Messersmith

Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
1.39
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.01
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.19
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.52
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.34
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
0.4
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.99
65.99
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.77
56.77
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.06
77.06
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.76
85.76
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.4
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.11
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
2.86
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6691
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230.1
9
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2449
8.28
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1719
6.94
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.94
6.94
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.7
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
831
3.35
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
847
2.87
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1625
6.56
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.16
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.28
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.3
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.16
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9120
36.8
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.25
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.12
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1023
3.46
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
812
3.28
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.35
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.15
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.32
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9987
33.78
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8126
32.79
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.8
36.8

Fielding Stats for Sam Leever and Andy Messersmith

Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
1.31
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
1.39
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.5
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
1.19
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7998
27
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6694
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2666
9
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2231.1
9
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.55
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
1.28
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.11
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
1.83
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.72
91.72
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.76
85.76
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Leever and Andy Messersmith

Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
217.32
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
353
256.42
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1074
600
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
826
600
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
554.75
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
729
529.54
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
102.23
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
124
90.07
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
83.8
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
89
64.65
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
17
9.5
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
21.79
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.12
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.63
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
33
18.44
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
25.42
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.71
31.68
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
39.81
28.92
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
130.73
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
169
122.76
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
133.52
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
171
124.21
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
50.28
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
49
35.59
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
43.58
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
54
39.23
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
92.74
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
98
71.19
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.05
31.87
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
33.3
24.19
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
27.37
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
33.41
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
77.09
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
212
154
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.9
3.9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
25
13.97
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
33.41
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.91
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.73
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Andy Messersmith
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100