Mark Leiter vs. Kris Medlen — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kris Medlen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Kris Medlen a clear advantage over Mark Leiter across the core pitching metrics. Kris Medlen led in run prevention (ERA+ 163 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 151 vs 80), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 105). Kris Medlen was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Kris Medlen

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.14
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.62
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.19
61.19
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.68
43.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9.16
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
8.5
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
3.22
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
892
6.78
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
7.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5154
39.17
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2467
37.05
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
5.05
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.71
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.35
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.81
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4548
34.56
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2256
33.88
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.05
37.05

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Kris Medlen

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.14
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1798
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
599.1
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.19
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.38
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.97
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.92
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.71
97.71
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.68
43.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Kris Medlen

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
893.33
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
177
689.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
154
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
502.6
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
56
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.13
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
13
50.65
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.58
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.48
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.44
25.09
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
97.4
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
30
80
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
116.88
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.06
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
31.17
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.34
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
17.95
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
24
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
42.86
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
233.77
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
12
46.75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Kris Medlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100