Bret Saberhagen vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Bret Saberhagen
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Leo Townsend posted a stronger line than Bret Saberhagen. Leo Townsend posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.81 vs 3.34) and WHIP (0.974 vs 1.154). By the career numbers, Leo Townsend 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 Bret Saberhagen and Leo Townsend

Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
1.4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.3
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.7
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
0.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.8
58.8
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
3.34
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7688
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562.2
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2452
8.61
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.61
8.61
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.77
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
1.65
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.75
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
6.02
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.853
0.853
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.19
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.21
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10421
36.6
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.64
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.31
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.24
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.141
1.141
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9734
34.19
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.6
36.6
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Bret Saberhagen and Leo Townsend

Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
1.4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.3
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7688
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2562.2
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.71
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
1.46
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
2.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.17
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.26
96.26
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bret Saberhagen and Leo Townsend

Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
1065.2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
502.2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
60.79
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
50.22
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.96
13.11
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
71.37
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
95.15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
34.36
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
37
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.49
3.94
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
34.36
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
129.52
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
63.44
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA