Jim Archer vs. Scott Barlow — Career Comparison

Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Barlow
MillenialConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Barlow as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Barlow posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.316 compared to 3.94 and 1.373 for Jim Archer. By the career numbers, Scott Barlow had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Archer and Scott Barlow

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
8.7
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.47
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.72
54.72
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.17
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
3.94
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.6
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
9.42
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
7.41
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.73
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.85
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.13
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
4.71
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
10.59
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.59
10.59
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.636
1.636
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1008
38.94
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1939
38.33
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2.91
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.98
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.91
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.55
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
1.348
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
36.04
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1684
33.29
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Jim Archer and Scott Barlow

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
8.7
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.36
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.93
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.13
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
94
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.825
0.825
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Archer and Scott Barlow

Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
468.49
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
440
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
600
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
526.03
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
5.44
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
57.53
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.21
-18.13
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
156.16
Scott Barlow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Barlow
Career
Per 600 PA