Fred Archer vs. Bill Butler — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Butler
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Fred Archer and Bill Butler are fairly close on the surface numbers. Fred Archer carried a career ERA of 6.35 against Bill Butler's 4.21. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Fred Archer and Bill Butler — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Bill Butler

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.53
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.18
64.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
4.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1775
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
8.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.99
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
4.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
6.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2584
39.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
4.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2232
33.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Bill Butler

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1776
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.84
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.06
93.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.18
64.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Bill Butler

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
604.51
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
527.82
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
2.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
67.67
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.51
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
31.58
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.08
-27.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
40.6
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
356.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
1.68
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Butler
Career
Per 600 PA