Ted Abernathy vs. Joe Vance — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Vance
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ted Abernathy built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Vance as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.81 and WHIP 1.762 compared to 11.07 and 2.361 for Ted Abernathy. By the career numbers, Joe Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Joe Vance

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.1
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
11.07
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.81
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.72
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
10.52
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.52
10.52
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.78
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.34
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.75
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.67
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
47.36
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
41.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.41
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
11.51
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
6.28
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.361
2.361
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.762
1.762
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
39.84
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
36.1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.403
0.403
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.36
47.36
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.44
41.44

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Joe Vance

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.333
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Joe Vance

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
700
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
480
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
39.68
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.66
49.91
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
210
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
150
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
49.79
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
51.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Vance
Career
Per 600 PA