Mark Leiter vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mark Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Mahay as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Leiter led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 93), strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 100), and home run suppression (HR9+ 80 vs 73). Role difference aside, Mark Leiter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Ron Mahay

Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9.16
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
892
6.78
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
5.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4548
34.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Ron Mahay

Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.66
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.56
93.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.651
0.651
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Ron Mahay

Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
335
893.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
37.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA