Al Aber vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Al Aber
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Aber as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 4.18 and 1.459 for Al Aber. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Aber and Dick Matthews

Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
3.88
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.69
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.58
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.98
48.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.86
17.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
4.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1168
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
9.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
3.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
3.91
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.845
0.845
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1698
39.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
4.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.433
1.433
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1532
35.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.25
39.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Al Aber and Dick Matthews

Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
4.91
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.56
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.67
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
2.31
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
3.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
2.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.607
0.607
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.31
11.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Aber and Dick Matthews

Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
861.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
512.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.419
0.419
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
71.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
71.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.49
12.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
71.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
112.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
56.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
1.42
7.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
41
210.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
2.85
2.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Al Aber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Aber
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA