Mark Leiter vs. Masahiro Tanaka — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Masahiro Tanaka
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Masahiro Tanaka a clear advantage over Mark Leiter across the core pitching metrics. Masahiro Tanaka led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 105), run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 93). Masahiro Tanaka was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Masahiro Tanaka

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.67
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.39
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.9
62.9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9.16
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
8.39
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.18
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.36
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
3.22
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.78
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
6.78
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
8.46
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.22
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5154
39.17
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4299
36.7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
5.05
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.19
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.61
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4548
34.56
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4032
34.42
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Masahiro Tanaka

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.49
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.48
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3163
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1054.1
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.14
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.77
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.76
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
1.72
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.06
98.06
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.43
99.43
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Masahiro Tanaka

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
893.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
3600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
56
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
7.68
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.52
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
80
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.58
-6.88
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-37.4
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
248.28
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Masahiro Tanaka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Masahiro Tanaka
Career
Per 600 PA