Jack Leiper vs. Lew Richie — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lew Richie
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lew Richie 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. Lew Richie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.54 and WHIP 1.240 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Lew Richie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Leiper and Lew Richie

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.49
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.24
53.24
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.43
56.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
2.54
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
8.2
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1190
7.88
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
3.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.8
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
2.9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.17
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5422
35.9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.52
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
3.6
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
35
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4895
32.41
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Lew Richie

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
2.7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.85
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2412
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
804
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.64
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
3.66
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
4.59
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
4.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.66
93.66
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.54
31.54
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Lew Richie

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
299.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
443
550.31
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
80.75
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
62.11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.45
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
18.63
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.96
22.32
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
106.83
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
111.8
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
33.54
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
26.09
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
59.63
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.62
15.68
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
31.06
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
119.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.03
5.03
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
18.63
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.48
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.48
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Lew Richie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100