Earl Allen vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Earl Allen
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill James posted a stronger line than Earl Allen. Bill James posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.2 vs 6.75) and WHIP (1.431 vs 2.167). By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Earl Allen and Bill James

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.12
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.54
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.2
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.5
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
8.47
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
4.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
48
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4958
37.83
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
4.26
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.167
2.167
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Earl Allen and Bill James

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Allen and Bill James

Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
294.92
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
74.09
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.92
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.72
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.17
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.08
19
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
85.71
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
117.68
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.43
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.75
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.26
13.45
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
138
200.48
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33