Fred Archer vs. Brian Bannister — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Fred Archer and Brian Bannister are fairly close on the surface numbers. Brian Bannister posted stronger numbers in ERA (5.08 vs 6.35) and WHIP (1.433 vs 1.513). Fred Archer had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.68 per nine innings vs 1.16). By the career numbers, Brian Bannister 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 Fred Archer and Brian Bannister

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.59
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.67
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
5.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
9.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
5.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.911
0.911
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2914
39.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
5.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2627
35.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Brian Bannister

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2002
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
667.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.29
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.98
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Brian Bannister

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
2127.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.647
0.647
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.52
53.73
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
0.62
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.23
58.77
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA