Red Ames vs. Frank Viola — Career Comparison

Red Ames
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Red Ames posted a stronger line than Frank Viola. Red Ames posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 3.73) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.315). By the career numbers, Red Ames 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 Red Ames and Frank Viola

Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
1.5
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
1.04
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
0.52
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.56
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.47
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.48
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.29
52.29
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.99
53.99
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.04
69.04
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.59
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.23
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.1
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
934
2.63
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1175
3.73
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9594
27
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3198
9
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2896
8.15
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2827
8.97
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.93
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
1034
2.91
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
2.74
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.12
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
1702
4.79
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1844
5.85
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
0.856
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.27
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.18
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.15
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13080
36.81
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11933
37.86
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.33
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1313
3.7
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303
4.13
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.28
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.2
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.68
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11982
33.72
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10870
34.49
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.81
36.81
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Red Ames and Frank Viola

Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
3.49
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.05
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
4128
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
1376
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.7
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
6.54
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
1.18
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.48
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1181
7.72
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
1.55
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
7.24
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
1.44
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.73
93.73
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.077
2.077
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.02
30.02
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ames
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Red Ames and Frank Viola

Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
533
285.03
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
421
1202.86
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1122
600
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
210
600
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1014
542.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
185
528.57
Red Ames
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
76.47
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
26
74.29
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
65.78
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
23
65.71
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
5.35
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.74
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.6
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
10.7
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.98
19.78
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
4.01
11.46
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
94.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
109.09
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
27.81
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.86
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
33.69
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.14
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
59.89
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
14
40
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.79
11.66
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.93
Red Ames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
32.62
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Red Ames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Career
Per 600 PA
374
200
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Red Ames
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
5.12
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
25.13
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Red Ames
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.67
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.53
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.21
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ames
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA