Harry Ables vs. Mike Venafro — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Venafro
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Venafro 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 4.09 and 1.457 for Mike Venafro. 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 Mike Venafro

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.04
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
4.09
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.38
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.79
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.34
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.17
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
4.65
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.75
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1107
39.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.42
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.58
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.31
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
34.28
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Mike Venafro

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.77
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.85
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.21
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.49
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.92
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Mike Venafro

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
323.08
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
307
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.62
-60.42
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
1.86
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA