Philip Abner vs. Doc Watson — Career Comparison

Philip Abner
Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Watson
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis TerriersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Watson 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. Doc Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.242 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Doc Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Doc Watson

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.67
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.11
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.53
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.37
7.37
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
7.87
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
3.21
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
14.15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.39
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.28
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
10.55
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.15
14.15

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Doc Watson

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
27
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
9
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.88
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.348
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Doc Watson

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
323.44
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
525
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.56
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
9.55
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60.94
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
84.38
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
37.5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
23.44
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60.94
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.08
-5.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.13
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
46
215.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
2.78
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.88
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA