Philip Abner vs. Rich Barnes — Career Comparison

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Rich Barnes built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Philip Abner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.91 and WHIP 2.182 compared to 5.65 and 1.919 for Rich Barnes. By the career numbers, Philip Abner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Rich Barnes

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.26
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.94
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
5.65
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.18
6.18
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28.2
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
12.24
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.24
12.24
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.4
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.51
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
43.33
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.57
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
7.85
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.849
1.849
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
36.82
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
37.67
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.342
0.342
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.33
43.33

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Rich Barnes

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.26
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28.2
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.88
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.88
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Rich Barnes

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Rich Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
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Rich Barnes
Career
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Philip Abner
Career
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Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
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Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA