Pete Appleton vs. Mike Morgan — Career Comparison

Pete Appleton
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Morgan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Morgan 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. Mike Morgan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.428 compared to 4.3 and 1.466 for Pete Appleton. By the career numbers, Mike Morgan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Appleton and Mike Morgan

Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
2.69
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
1.94
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.56
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.45
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.46
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.52
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.6
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.12
43.12
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.82
20.82
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.15
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
4.3
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.23
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3423
27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8317
27
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
9
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2772.1
9
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
9.36
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2943
9.55
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.36
9.36
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.6
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
0.88
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
3.83
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
938
3.05
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.25
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
3.31
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1403
4.55
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.844
0.844
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.25
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.34
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.24
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5044
39.79
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11872
38.54
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.47
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.18
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
5.26
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.65
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.4
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.24
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.08
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4532
35.75
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
34.61
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.79
39.79
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Pete Appleton and Mike Morgan

Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
1.94
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.33
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8317
27
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2772.1
9
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.7
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.51
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
2.29
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
2.21
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.45
96.45
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.84
68.84
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Appleton and Mike Morgan

Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
343
522.34
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
625.13
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
394
600
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
573
600
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
374
569.54
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
497
520.42
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
132.49
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
54
56.54
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
109.64
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
50
52.36
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.14
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.66
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.05
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.84
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.19
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.84
39.35
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
7.05
7.38
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
165.99
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
59
61.78
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
144.67
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
68
71.2
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
45.69
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13.61
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
51.78
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15.71
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
97.46
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
29.32
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.38
44.74
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.66
-9.07
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.61
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
100.51
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
151
158.12
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
5.97
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
3.79
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
12
18.27
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
61.78
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.14
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.24
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Morgan
Career
Per 600 PA