Fred Archer vs. Rocky Biddle — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rocky Biddle
Gen XNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Rocky Biddle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rocky Biddle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.47 and WHIP 1.569 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Rocky Biddle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Rocky Biddle

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.71
20.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
5.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1136
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
9.72
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
4.04
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
6.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
40.16
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1709
40.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.07
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
6.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.32
6.32
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.55
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.513
1.513
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
35.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.16
40.16
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.62
40.62

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Rocky Biddle

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1136
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.33
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.71
20.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Rocky Biddle

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
6988.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
13
458.82
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.27
-44.87
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA