Jon Leicester vs. Pete Vuckovich — Career Comparison

Jon Leicester
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pete Vuckovich
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young Award

Pete Vuckovich built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Leicester as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pete Vuckovich posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.393 compared to 5.88 and 1.500 for Jon Leicester. By the career numbers, Pete Vuckovich had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Leicester and Pete Vuckovich

Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.23
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.77
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.15
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.76
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.58
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.43
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.85
53.85
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.41
57.41
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.03
65.03
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.88
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
3.66
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
27
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
27
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.2
9
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1455.1
9
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
9.47
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
8.99
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.66
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.03
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
3.37
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
6.31
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
882
5.45
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.149
1.149
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.981
0.981
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.22
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
39.85
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6189
38.27
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.41
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
6.21
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
4.11
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.41
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.25
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.09
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.77
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
34.51
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5501
34.02
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.85
39.85
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Jon Leicester and Pete Vuckovich

Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.23
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
1.77
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.15
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
27
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
27
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.2
9
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1455.1
9
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.54
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.76
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.37
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.09
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.04
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.09
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.91
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.64
93.64
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.208
0.208
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.03
65.03
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Leicester and Pete Vuckovich

Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
14400
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
724.05
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
600
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
526.58
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
83.54
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
65.82
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.72
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.72
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.36
16.09
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
101.27
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
91.14
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
37.97
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.91
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
70.89
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
8.22
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.59
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
49
124.05
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.84
4.84
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
60.76
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.06
Jon Leicester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.59
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.53
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.53
Jon Leicester
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100