Jack Leiper vs. Rusty Richards — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rusty Richards
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rusty Richards 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 6.97 and 1.839 for Rusty Richards. 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 Rusty Richards

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.61
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.74
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.4
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.45
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.61
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.8
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.48
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.065
1.065
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
42.68
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.97
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.97
6.97
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.74
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.778
1.778
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.839
1.839
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
35
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
35.71
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.68
42.68

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Rusty Richards

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.61
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.74
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.61
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Rusty Richards

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
10.96
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.11
-3.09
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-43.52
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA