Mark Leiter vs. Herb Thomas — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Herb Thomas
Greatest GenerationThrows LeftNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mark Leiter and Herb Thomas are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mark Leiter posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.57 vs 8.08) and WHIP (1.412 vs 1.980). Herb Thomas had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.44 per nine innings vs 1.18). By the career numbers, Mark Leiter had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Herb Thomas

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.21
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.55
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.57
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
8.08
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.1
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
13.5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.32
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.66
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.775
0.775
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
45.37
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
5.05
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
9.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.45
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.22
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.58
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
39.61
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.37
45.37

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Herb Thomas

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.35
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.49
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.1
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.19
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.67
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.52
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.31
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Herb Thomas

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
893.33
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
22
347.37
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
536.84
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
56
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
110.53
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
53.33
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
28.34
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
37.33
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
142.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
32.28
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Herb Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA