Fred Archer vs. Floyd Weaver — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Floyd Weaver
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Floyd Weaver as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Floyd Weaver posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.21 and WHIP 1.519 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Floyd Weaver had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Floyd Weaver

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
5.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
8.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.23
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.81
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
6.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.165
1.165
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.46
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
676
39.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.85
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
33.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Floyd Weaver

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.74
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.353
0.353
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Floyd Weaver

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
2217.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
12.46
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.24
-6.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
11
286.96
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Floyd Weaver
Career
Per 600 PA