Mark Leiter vs. Harry McNeal — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry McNeal
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mark Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry McNeal as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry McNeal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.43 and WHIP 1.758 compared to 4.57 and 1.412 for Mark Leiter. By the career numbers, Harry McNeal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Harry McNeal

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.43
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
12.66
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.66
12.66
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
3.22
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.16
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.527
0.527
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.57
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.84
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
42.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
5.05
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
7.17
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.58
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
38.6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.61
42.61

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Harry McNeal

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.19
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.59
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.01
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.56
93.56
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Harry McNeal

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
893.33
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
569.23
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
56
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
53.33
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
19.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.33
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
13.83
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Harry McNeal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McNeal
Career
Per 600 PA