Ed Appleton vs. Claude Raymond — Career Comparison

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Ed Appleton built a career as a starting pitcher and Claude Raymond as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Appleton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 3.66 and 1.373 for Claude Raymond. By the career numbers, Ed Appleton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Appleton and Claude Raymond

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.33
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
5.6
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.57
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.66
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.46
46.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.08
27.08
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.04
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.25
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
3.66
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2163
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
9
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
8.84
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
8.88
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.94
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.08
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
2.81
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.67
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.11
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
6.2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.001
1.001
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.4
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.35
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
39.38
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3048
38.05
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
3.37
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
4.66
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
4.22
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
34.87
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2780
34.7
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05

Fielding Stats for Ed Appleton and Claude Raymond

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
5.6
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2163
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.61
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.41
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.2
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.02
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.38
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.05
92.05
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.104
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.361
0.361
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Appleton and Claude Raymond

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
48
496.55
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
453
2384.21
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
579.31
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
531.58
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
7
36.84
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
21.93
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.16
11.36
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
78.95
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
78.95
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.61
16.63
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.31
-6.91
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
44
231.58
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA