Ted Abernathy vs. Mike Mussina — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Mussina
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Mike Mussina 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. Mike Mussina led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 139 vs 73), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 91), and strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 95). Ted Abernathy held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 106). Role difference aside, Mike Mussina holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Mike Mussina

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
1.36
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
1.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.49
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
0.68
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.54
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.39
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.73
47.73
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.83
63.83
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.81
99.81
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.46
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1458
3.68
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10688
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3562.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
3460
8.74
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
0.95
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
785
1.98
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.07
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
765
6
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2813
7.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.11
7.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.27
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.18
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.15
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14593
36.86
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
4.02
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1559
3.94
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.23
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.21
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
0.74
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4296
33.69
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13576
34.3
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.86
36.86

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Mike Mussina

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
1.36
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
1.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10688
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3562.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
0.58
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
1.26
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
743
1.88
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
1.84
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.98
97.98
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.356
1.356
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.81
99.81
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Mike Mussina

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
681
2002.94
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
537
5966.67
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
600
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
54
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
532.35
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
577.78
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
73.53
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
100
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.71
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
88.89
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.82
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
12.45
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
20.23
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
82.35
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
111.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
97.06
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
111.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
26.47
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
55.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.76
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
88.89
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
1.09
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
15.69
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.65
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
74
217.65
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
100
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.12
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Mike Mussina
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mussina
Career
Per 600 PA