Fred Archer vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Mariano Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mariano Rivera posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.032 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Mariano Rivera had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Mariano Rivera

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Mariano Rivera

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3851
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Mariano Rivera

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA