Jack Leiper vs. Preacher Roe — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Preacher Roe
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Preacher Roe 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. Preacher Roe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Preacher Roe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Leiper and Preacher Roe

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.57
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.6
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.38
78.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
3.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5743
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1914.1
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907
8.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.94
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
2.37
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
956
4.49
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7904
37.16
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
3.76
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
35
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7383
34.71
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Preacher Roe

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
47.57
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
12.86
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
42.14
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
56.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
55
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.156
1.156
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Preacher Roe

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
333
277.12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
515.95
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
56.59
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
53.26
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.33
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
10.96
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.64
9.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
61.58
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
88.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
30.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
23.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
53.26
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.11
-3.09
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.64
-3.87
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
31.62
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
215
178.92
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
3.35
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
52.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.83
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA