Fred Archer vs. Jim Bouton — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Fred Archer and Jim Bouton are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jim Bouton posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.57 vs 6.35) and WHIP (1.286 vs 1.513). Fred Archer had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.68 per nine innings vs 0.92). By the career numbers, Jim Bouton 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 Jim Bouton

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.6
49.6
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.92
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
5.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.933
0.933
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.41
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
34.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Jim Bouton

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3715
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1238.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Jim Bouton

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
467.51
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
528.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
48.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.26
8
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
57.87
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
79.19
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
31.98
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
44.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.35
-9.67
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA