Ed Appleton vs. Joe Berry — Career Comparison

Ed Appleton
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Berry
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Appleton built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Berry as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Berry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 1.133 compared to 3.25 and 1.435 for Ed Appleton. By the career numbers, Joe Berry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Appleton and Joe Berry

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.33
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.07
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.64
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.67
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.84
48.84
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.08
27.08
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.25
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.45
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
882
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
9
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
8.84
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
7.53
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.08
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.66
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.11
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
3.58
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.799
0.799
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
39.38
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215
37.19
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.21
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
4.66
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
3.03
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
34.87
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1125
34.44
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.19
37.19

Fielding Stats for Ed Appleton and Joe Berry

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.38
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.81
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.104
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Appleton and Joe Berry

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
48
496.55
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
985.19
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
600
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
579.31
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
518.52
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
81.48
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
66.67
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.81
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.81
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
21.93
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.74
20.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
96.3
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
111.11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
37.04
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.22
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
1.61
16.63
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
16.77
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
155.17
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
103.7
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.79
5.79
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
51.85
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Berry
Career
Per 600 PA