Cody Allen vs. Henry Mathewson — Career Comparison

Cody Allen
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Henry Mathewson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Henry Mathewson built a career as a starting pitcher and Cody Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cody Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.253 compared to 4.91 and 2.000 for Henry Mathewson. By the career numbers, Cody Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cody Allen and Henry Mathewson

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.45
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.47
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.6
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.97
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.14
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.91
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
375
7.28
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.55
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.28
7.28
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.07
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.75
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
11.45
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
11.51
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.51
11.51
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.695
1.695
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.78
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1943
37.71
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
45
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
5.65
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.47
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.73
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.56
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
33.29
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
32.73
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Cody Allen and Henry Mathewson

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.45
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.62
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.95
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.89
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.88
93.88
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.096
0.096
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cody Allen and Henry Mathewson

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
288600
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.17
-33.76
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA