Mark Leiter Jr.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 210lb (183cm, 95kg)

Team: Chicago Cubs (majors)

Born: March 13, 1991 in Fort Lauderdale, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 22nd round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ).

High School: Toms River North HS (Toms River, NJ)

School: New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ)

Debut: April 28, 2017 (Age 26-046d, 21,355th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2022 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2022): 1.082 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Mark Edward Leiter

Nicknames: Junior

Pronunciation: \LIE-turr\

Twitter: @Leiter_Jr

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Relatives: Nephew of Al Leiter; Son of Mark Leiter

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

0.5

-1.0

ERA

4.41

5.18

51.0

165.0

160

WHIP

1.118

1.364

8/12 After a confounding trade deadline in which the Cubs held onto catcher Willson Contreras and (less surprisingly) outfielder Ian Happ, they’re currently 15 games out of first place in the NL Central
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2013	22	PHI-min	Rk,A,A+	4	0	1.000	1.20	16	4	3	0	0	0	45.0	34	7	6	1	13	0	50	1	0	3	180			1.044	6.8	0.2	2.6	10.0	3.85	CLR,LWD,CLW GULF,SALL,FLOR
2014	23	PHI-min	A,A+	9	12	.429	4.35	27	27	0	1	1	0	149.0	160	82	72	10	37	0	141	9	0	7	641			1.322	9.7	0.6	2.2	8.5	3.81	LWD,CLW SALL,FLOR
2015	24	PHI-min	A+,AA	8	7	.533	3.09	27	21	2	2	0	1	142.2	135	54	49	7	34	1	121	9	0	5	590			1.185	8.5	0.4	2.1	7.6	3.56	CLW,REA FLOR,EL
2016	25	PHI-min	AA	6	3	.667	3.39	23	17	4	0	0	1	103.2	91	45	39	9	30	0	94	6	0	7	424			1.167	7.9	0.8	2.6	8.2	3.13	REA EL
2017	26	PHI-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.20	7	5	0	0	0	0	30.0	27	15	14	5	6	0	38	1	0	2	124			1.100	8.1	1.5	1.8	11.4	6.33	LHV IL
2017	26	PHI	NL	3	6	.333	4.96	27	11	5	0	0	0	90.2	90	59	50	18	31	2	84	7	0	3	395	87	5.14	1.335	8.9	1.8	3.1	8.3	2.71
2018	27	PHI-min	AAA,A+	3	1	.750	3.24	23	0	5	0	0	0	33.1	29	15	12	3	14	1	39	2	0	3	144			1.290	7.8	0.8	3.8	10.5	2.79	LHV,CLW IL,FLOR
2018	27	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	7.71	20	0	4	0	0	0	23.1	35	28	20	7	12	3	22	2	0	2	123	55	6.97	2.014	13.5	2.7	4.6	8.5	1.83
2018	27	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	5.40	12	0	2	0	0	0	16.2	22	17	10	5	8	2	13	1	0	0	84	78	7.12	1.800	11.9	2.7	4.3	7.0	1.63
2018	27	TOR	AL	0	0		13.50	8	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	13	11	10	2	4	1	9	1	0	2	39	33	6.61	2.550	17.6	2.7	5.4	12.2	2.25

2021	30	DET-min	AAA,AA	10	8	.556	3.77	25	19	2	0	0	0	114.2	92	53	48	14	31	0	145	10	0	7	472			1.073	7.2	1.1	2.4	11.4	4.68	TOL,ERI AAAE,AANE
2022	31	CHC-min	AAA	0	3	.000	5.32	6	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	21	13	13	4	6	0	32	1	0	1	94			1.227	8.6	1.6	2.5	13.1	5.33	IWA IL
2022	31	CHC	NL	2	5	.286	4.41	20	4	8	0	0	1	51.0	39	26	25	9	18	0	54	5	0	3	212	95	4.64	1.118	6.9	1.6	3.2	9.5	3.00
3 Yrs				5	12	.294	5.18	67	15	17	0	0	1	165.0	164	113	95	34	61	5	160	14	0	8	730	82	5.25	1.364	8.9	1.9	3.3	8.7	2.62
162 Game Avg.				4	10	.294	5.18	56	12	14	0	0	1	137	136	94	79	28	51	4	133	12	0	7	605	82	5.25	1.364	8.9	1.9	3.3	8.7	2.62

PHI (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	5.03	39	11	7	0	0	0	107.1	112	76	60	23	39	4	97	8	0	3	479	85	5.45	1.407	9.4	1.9	3.3	8.1	2.49
CHC (1 yr)				2	5	.286	4.41	20	4	8	0	0	1	51.0	39	26	25	9	18	0	54	5	0	3	212	95	4.64	1.118	6.9	1.6	3.2	9.5	3.00
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	8	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	13	11	10	2	4	1	9	1	0	2	39	33	6.61	2.550	17.6	2.7	5.4	12.2	2.25

NL (3 yrs)				5	12	.294	4.83	59	15	15	0	0	1	158.1	151	102	85	32	57	4	151	13	0	6	691	88	5.19	1.314	8.6	1.8	3.2	8.6	2.65
AL (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	8	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	13	11	10	2	4	1	9	1	0	2	39	33	6.61	2.550	17.6	2.7	5.4	12.2	2.25

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