Jack Leiper vs. Talmadge Richardson — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Talmadge Richardson
UnknownThrows RightBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Talmadge Richardson 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. Talmadge Richardson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.341 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Talmadge Richardson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Leiper and Talmadge Richardson

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.58
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.91
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.45
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
4.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119.1
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
10.18
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.89
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
4.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
39.59
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
5.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.51
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
35
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
35.9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.6
39.6

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Talmadge Richardson

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.95
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292.1
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.79
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
3.32
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
3.17
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.289
2.289
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.89
68.89
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Talmadge Richardson

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
200
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
517.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
113.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
95.65
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.42
36.62
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
134.78
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
139.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
91.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.93
43.17
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.74
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
138
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Talmadge Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100