Ernie Alten vs. Max Macon — Career Comparison

Ernie Alten
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Max Macon
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Max Macon built a career as a starting pitcher and Ernie Alten as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Max Macon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.24 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 9 and 2.130 for Ernie Alten. By the career numbers, Max Macon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernie Alten and Max Macon

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.48
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
2.45
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.88
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.51
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.58
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.22
47.22
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.8
35.8
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
4.24
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
892
27
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297.1
9
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
15.65
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
9.29
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.65
15.65
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.29
9.29
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.61
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.52
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.87
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.72
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.733
0.733
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
43.83
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1314
39.77
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.06
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
10.57
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
5.18
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
39.91
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
35.6
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.396
0.396
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.83
43.83
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77

Fielding Stats for Ernie Alten and Max Macon

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
697
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
836
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.49
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.553
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ernie Alten and Max Macon

Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
2800
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
258.78
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
524
600
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
574.81
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
152.29
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
124.81
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
19.47
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.58
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.44
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
27.48
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.47
54.35
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
191.22
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
170.61
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
61.83
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
52.67
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
111.07
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54.36
62.25
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
18.32
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 600 PA
32
36.64
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.38
16.38
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.87
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.87
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.31
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.31
Ernie Alten
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Macon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100