Jack Leiper vs. Clayton Richard — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Clayton Richard
MillenialIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clayton Richard 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. Clayton Richard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.449 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Clayton Richard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Leiper and Clayton Richard

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.93
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.48
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
45.1
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.36
76.36
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
4.51
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1284.2
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
9.79
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.04
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.07
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
5.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.982
0.982
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.3
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5543
38.83
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
4.98
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
35
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4999
35.02
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Clayton Richard

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.93
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1284.2
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.46
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
1.81
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.7
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
2.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.07
92.07
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Clayton Richard

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
450
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
513.16
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
58.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.89
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.53
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.91
15.65
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
88.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
77.37
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
30
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
44.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
69.47
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.91
-1.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.32
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.63
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
158
249.47
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
63.16
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.16
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA