Dewey Adkins vs. Frank Tanana — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Frank Tanana
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Frank Tanana built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Frank Tanana posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.297 compared to 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Frank Tanana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Frank Tanana

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.52
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.51
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.42
50.42
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
3.66
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4063
8.73
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.91
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
448
0.96
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1255
2.7
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
4.27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2773
5.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.962
0.962
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.26
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.28
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17641
37.91
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
4.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
0.35
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
0.66
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15975
34.33
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Frank Tanana

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12565
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4188.1
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.49
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.37
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.04
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
883
1.9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
1.86
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.85
97.85
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.09
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Frank Tanana

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
38
991.3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
639
5990.63
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
553.13
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
84.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
65.63
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
19.34
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
112.5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
103.13
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
46.88
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
75
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
11.29
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0