Harry Ables vs. Chris Seddon — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chris Seddon
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Chris Seddon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Ables posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.528 compared to 5.47 and 1.541 for Chris Seddon. By the career numbers, Harry Ables had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Chris Seddon

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.62
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.73
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.04
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.47
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
9.97
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
10.34
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.97
9.97
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.97
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.79
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.41
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
5.35
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
40
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
40.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.09
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.84
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.85
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.527
1.527
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
36.08
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
36.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Chris Seddon

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.62
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.73
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.85
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.34
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.22
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Chris Seddon

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
4560
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.26
-31.07
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chris Seddon
Career
Per 600 PA