Mark Leiter vs. Mike Matthews — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Matthews
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mark Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Matthews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Matthews led in home run suppression (HR9+ 125 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 93). Mark Leiter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mike Matthews.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Mike Matthews

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.37
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9.16
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.07
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
4.47
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.33
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.59
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
6.46
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.35
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.7
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.48
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1073
39.63
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
5.05
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.76
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.41
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.36
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4548
34.56
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
33.8
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Mike Matthews

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.77
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.51
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.66
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.4
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.56
93.56
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.651
0.651
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.165
0.165
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Mike Matthews

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
893.33
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
4950
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
535.71
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
56
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
27.97
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
80
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
5.28
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
192.86
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.11
3.11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA