Ted Abernathy vs. Provine Bradley — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Provine Bradley
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati TigersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Provine Bradley built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Abernathy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.466 compared to 5.17 and 1.468 for Provine Bradley. By the career numbers, Ted Abernathy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Provine Bradley

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.72
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.49
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.54
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.73
47.73
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.46
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.17
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.34
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.55
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.87
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.02
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4963
38.92
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
42.22
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.02
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
7.47
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4296
33.69
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
38.49
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.92
38.92
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.22
42.22

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Provine Bradley

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.97
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.58
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.95
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.73
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.53
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.96
94.96
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Provine Bradley

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
681
2002.94
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
16
234.15
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
600
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
532.35
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
556.1
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
73.53
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
146.34
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.71
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
12.45
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
57.77
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
82.35
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
175.61
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
97.06
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
190.24
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.633
0.633
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
35.29
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
26.47
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.76
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
1.09
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.52
66.19
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
17.65
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
74
217.65
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
41
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.12
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA