Fred Archer vs. Vida Blue — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Vida Blue
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Vida Blue posted a stronger line than Fred Archer. Vida Blue posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.27 vs 6.35) and WHIP (1.252 vs 1.513). By the career numbers, Vida Blue 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 Vida Blue

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.59
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.56
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.49
56.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10030
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3343.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2939
7.91
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
0.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1185
3.19
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2175
5.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13837
37.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
3.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
0.59
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12383
33.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Vida Blue

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
1.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10031
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3343.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
1.49
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.68
96.68
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Vida Blue

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
508
493.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
512
497.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
51.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
38.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.88
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
12.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.86
16.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
71.84
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
101.94
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
35.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.91
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
47.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
271
263.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
51.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0