Fred Archer vs. Ron Taylor — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Taylor
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.349 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Ron Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Ron Taylor

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.14
51.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.81
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2400
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
800
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
8.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.35
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
5.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.24
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3339
37.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
4.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3090
34.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.56
37.56

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Ron Taylor

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2399
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.42
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.45
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.87
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.22
98.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.338
0.338
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Ron Taylor

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
2434.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
575.21
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1.41
6.98
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
69.42
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
64.46
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.88
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.82
-18.94
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
68
337.19
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1.78
1.78
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA