Pete Appleton vs. Fred Archer — Career Comparison

Pete Appleton
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Appleton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pete Appleton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.3 and WHIP 1.466 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Pete Appleton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Appleton and Fred Archer

Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
2.69
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.52
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.82
20.82
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3423
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1141
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
9.36
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.36
9.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.6
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.83
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.794
0.794
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5044
39.79
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
667
5.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4532
35.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.79
39.79
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16

Fielding Stats for Pete Appleton and Fred Archer

Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Appleton and Fred Archer

Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
343
522.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
569.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.557
0.557
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
132.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
109.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.84
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.84
39.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
165.99
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
144.67
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.54
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
45.69
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
51.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
97.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.38
44.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
100.51
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
5.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.67
5.67
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
18.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA