Fred Archer vs. Clay Carroll — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Carroll
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Carroll as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Carroll posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.94 and WHIP 1.367 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Clay Carroll had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Clay Carroll

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
4.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.64
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.8
56.8
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.95
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
2.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4060
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1353.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1296
8.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.62
8.62
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
2.94
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.27
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5673
37.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
3.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.37
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5114
34.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Clay Carroll

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
4.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4060
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1353.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
2.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.46
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.11
97.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.506
0.506
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Clay Carroll

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
731
1790.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
509.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
66.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
63.67
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.65
11.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
73.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
83.27
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
41.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
56.33
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
65
159.18
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
3.77
3.77
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
73.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA