Mark Leiter vs. Earnest Long — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Earnest Long
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Mark Leiter posted a stronger line than Earnest Long. Mark Leiter posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.57 vs 5) and WHIP (1.412 vs 1.889). By the career numbers, Mark Leiter had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Earnest Long

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.57
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
5.05
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.58
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Earnest Long

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Earnest Long

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
893.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
501.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.063
1.063
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
56
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
53.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
153.98
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
375
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.025
1.025
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
149.95
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
24
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Earnest Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Earnest Long
Career
Per 600 PA