Philip Abner vs. Ed Klepfer — Career Comparison

Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Klepfer 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. Ed Klepfer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Ed Klepfer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Ed Klepfer

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.97
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.44
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.41
56.41
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.81
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1343
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.2
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
9.19
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.03
0.03
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.75
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.32
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
36.53
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.7
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
33.65
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Ed Klepfer

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
27
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
9
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.41
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.49
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Ed Klepfer

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
405.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
517.24
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.83
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.83
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
3.91
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.83
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
74.48
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.97
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.55
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-4.84
-20.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
47
194.48
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
3.09
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
33.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA