Bert Abbey vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan 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. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.52 and 1.546 for Bert Abbey. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Doc Scanlan

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.63
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.28
82.28
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.73
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
4.52
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.04
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.22
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Doc Scanlan

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
2.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.44
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.39
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.29
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.28
87.28
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Doc Scanlan

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
225
535.71
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.57
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
12.95
30.83
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
47
111.9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
59
140.48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
12.76
30.37
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
43.68
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
128.57
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
104.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.67
4.67
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100