Babe Adams vs. Dizzy Royal — Career Comparison

Babe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dizzy Royal
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Babe Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Dizzy Royal as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dizzy Royal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 2.250 compared to 2.76 and 1.092 for Babe Adams. By the career numbers, Dizzy Royal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Adams and Dizzy Royal

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.45
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.07
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.08
58.08
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.65
73.65
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.62
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
2.76
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2995.1
9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2841
8.54
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.2
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.29
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.11
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.14
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11947
35.9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1129
3.39
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11470
34.46
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
33.75
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Babe Adams and Dizzy Royal

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
10.82
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.03
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.3
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
14.54
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
16.23
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
15.85
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Adams and Dizzy Royal

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
261.01
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1108
600
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1019
551.81
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
116.97
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
90.43
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.79
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.12
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.62
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
26.53
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.48
40.33
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
154.87
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
146.21
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.78
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.61
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
81.77
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79.66
43.14
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.17
-33.76
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
28.7
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
194
105.05
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.71
5.71
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
18.95
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.08
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA