Mark Leiter vs. Scott Service — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Service
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mark Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Service as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Service led in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 107), home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 93). Mark Leiter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 100). Role difference aside, Scott Service holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Scott Service

Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.49
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.2
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.57
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.99
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
9.4
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.18
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.21
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
3.93
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.33
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
892
6.78
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
8.93
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.35
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.56
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
40.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.67
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.18
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
5.05
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
5.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.36
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.58
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1599
34.57
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Scott Service

Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.99
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.77
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.66
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.53
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.651
0.651
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Scott Service

Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
335
893.33
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
12000
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
56
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
7.68
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.84
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
80
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.58
-6.88
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-39.65
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
272
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA