Al Leiter vs. Ray Narleski — Career Comparison

Al Leiter
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Al Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Narleski as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Narleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 3.8 and 1.409 for Al Leiter. By the career numbers, Ray Narleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Leiter and Ray Narleski

Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.58
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.44
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.61
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.55
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.1
55.1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.58
56.58
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.17
91.17
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.8
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.6
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7173
27
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2391
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2152
8.1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.75
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1163
4.38
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.29
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1974
7.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
5.82
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.124
1.124
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.44
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10334
38.9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3022
38.74
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1101
4.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
4.08
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.41
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.79
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8883
33.44
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2676
34.31
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.9
38.9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Al Leiter and Ray Narleski

Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.58
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.44
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7173
27
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2391
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.21
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.28
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.08
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.34
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.29
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.08
96.08
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.17
91.17
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.09
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Leiter and Ray Narleski

Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
419
410.11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
613
600
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
530
518.76
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
524.21
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
44.05
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
82.11
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
36.22
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.85
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.98
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.83
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.47
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.99
6.84
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
20.2
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
52.85
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
78.3
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
104.21
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.68
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.11
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
15.66
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.26
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.34
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
44.21
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-14.71
-14.39
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
14.51
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
34.26
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
290
283.85
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
180
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.98
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.79
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA