Mark Leiter vs. Russ Swan — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Russ Swan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mark Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Russ Swan 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 strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 59), walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 103), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 91). Russ Swan held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mark Leiter.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Russ Swan

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
5.67
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.49
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.55
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.74
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.1
47.1
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.9
11.9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.2
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.57
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.83
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
266.2
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
9.52
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.88
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
4.19
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.33
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
3.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.35
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1183
39.93
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.67
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.52
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
5.05
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
5.47
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.45
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.68
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.22
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.523
1.523
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
34.59
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.93
39.93

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Russ Swan

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
5.67
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
266.2
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.47
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.19
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.89
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
2.43
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.36
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.651
0.651
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.9
11.9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Russ Swan

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
893.33
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
168
33600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
56
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
7.68
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
80
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.33
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.58
-6.88
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Russ Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Swan
Career
Per 600 PA