Jack Leiper vs. Harry Rhodes — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Harry Rhodes
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Rhodes 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. Jack Leiper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.778 compared to 6.19 and 1.750 for Harry Rhodes. By the career numbers, Jack Leiper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Leiper and Harry Rhodes

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.09
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.13
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.4
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.19
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
10.69
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.06
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.78
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.094
1.094
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
43.6
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
44.16
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
8.6
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.72
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
35
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
37.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.6
43.6
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.16
44.16

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Harry Rhodes

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.44
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.13
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.68
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Harry Rhodes

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
288
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
564
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
132
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
96
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.91
46.97
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
168
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
156
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
72
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
48
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
120
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
51
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100