Fred Archer vs. Walt Woods — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Walt Woods
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Walt Woods as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walt Woods posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Walt Woods had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Walt Woods

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.59
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.96
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.63
79.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
9.99
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.99
9.99
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.5
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.07
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.656
0.656
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1719
38.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
5.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1605
35.73
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Walt Woods

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.69
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
4.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3.8
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.06
91.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.957
2.957
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Walt Woods

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
247.06
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
179.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
281
552.79
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
90.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
82.62
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.87
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.8
25.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
104.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
120
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
60.98
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
43.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
102.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.35
22.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
27.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
43.28
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.67
5.67
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.86
13.86
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Woods
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100