Bert Abbey vs. Mike Paul — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Paul
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Paul built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Paul posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 4.52 and 1.546 for Bert Abbey. By the career numbers, Mike Paul had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Mike Paul

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
3.27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.39
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.63
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.69
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
36
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.28
82.28
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.77
33.77
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
4.52
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.91
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1883
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627.2
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.88
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.86
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.04
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
3.53
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.52
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
6.48
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2701
38.73
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.85
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
4.29
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.24
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2397
34.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.73
38.73

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Mike Paul

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
3.28
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.27
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.12
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.09
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
1.42
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.39
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.36
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.28
87.28
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.96
95.96
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.415
0.415
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.62
33.62
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Mike Paul

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
858.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
160
600
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
535.71
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PAverified
148
555
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
17
63.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
14
52.5
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.25
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.29
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.25
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.95
30.83
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
2.79
10.45
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.9
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
20
75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
140.48
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
22
82.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
8
30
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.76
30.37
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.91
-7.15
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.75
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
128.57
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
56
210
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Mike Paul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.25
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Paul
Career
Per 600 PA