Bob Allen vs. Fred Heimach — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Heimach
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Heimach built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.631 compared to 4.46 and 1.451 for Fred Heimach. By the career numbers, Bob Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Fred Heimach

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
2.07
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.89
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.48
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.33
47.33
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.91
42.91
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.39
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.11
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
4.46
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3866
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288.2
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
9.46
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1510
10.55
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.45
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.51
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
2.33
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5674
39.63
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.73
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.99
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
5.27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.451
1.451
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
35.97
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5287
36.92
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Fred Heimach

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.659
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Fred Heimach

Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
368
376.79
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
31
547.06
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
554.95
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
131.06
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
107.51
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
15.36
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.12
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.07
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.55
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.41
46.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
165.87
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
159.73
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
59.39
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
50.17
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
106.48
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.08
52.3
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28.67
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
100.34
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
5.98
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
16.38
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100