Fred Archer vs. Roy Face — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Roy Face

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
8.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5315
34.79
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Roy Face

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3773
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.373
0.373
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Roy Face

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
543.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
86.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
78.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.93
13.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
95.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.52
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
44.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.04
5.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
4.55
4.55
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA