Jack Leiper vs. Tom Richardson — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tom Richardson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington PilotsEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom 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. Jack Leiper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.778 compared to 5.45 and 1.549 for Tom Richardson. 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 Tom Richardson

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.54
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.88
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.4
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
5.45
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183.1
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
10.95
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.95
10.95
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.99
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
4.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
841
41.29
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
6.58
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.88
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
35
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
37.26
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.29
41.29

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Tom Richardson

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.24
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.66
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
3.14
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.01
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.77
95.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.125
2.125
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Tom Richardson

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
266.67
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
527.27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
127.27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
84.85
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.97
66.51
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
212.12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
169.7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
84.85
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
139.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.74
71.12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Richardson
Career
Per 600 PA