Mark Leiter vs. Bob Sykes — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Sykes
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Mark Leiter a clear advantage over Bob Sykes across the core pitching metrics. Mark Leiter led in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 75), walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 87), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 87). Bob Sykes held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 80). Mark Leiter was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Bob Sykes

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.49
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.51
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.1
47.1
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.94
46.94
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.59
52.59
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.57
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1370
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
456.2
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
9.79
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
4.24
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2000
39.42
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
5.05
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
4.99
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.37
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.85
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1776
35
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Bob Sykes

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1370
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
456.2
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.77
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.48
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.66
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.4
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.67
94.67
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.651
0.651
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.59
52.59
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Bob Sykes

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
893.33
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
940.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
502.7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
56
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
48.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
48.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
7.77
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
48.65
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
97.3
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.43
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.22
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
48.65
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.59
-4.76
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
24
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
218.92
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA