Harry Ables vs. Roy Face — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 4.04 and 1.528 for Harry Ables. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Face

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.62
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
8.82
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.79
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5315
34.79
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Face

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.52
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.21
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.92
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Face

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
543.93
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
13.82
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.52
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
5.73
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA