Jack Armstrong vs. Bobby Tiefenauer — Career Comparison

Jack Armstrong
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bobby Tiefenauer
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Armstrong built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Tiefenauer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Tiefenauer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.310 compared to 4.58 and 1.458 for Jack Armstrong. By the career numbers, Bobby Tiefenauer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Armstrong and Bobby Tiefenauer

Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.74
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
5.1
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.74
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.71
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.47
26.47
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.66
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
4.58
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.84
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
9
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
807
9.23
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
8.89
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.17
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.83
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
3.65
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.48
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.24
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
5.83
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
5.81
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.83
5.83
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3450
39.47
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
38.11
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.1
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
439
5.02
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
4.59
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.39
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.42
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3044
34.83
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1239
35.29
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Jack Armstrong and Bobby Tiefenauer

Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
1.74
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
5.23
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.49
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
924
27
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
9
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.71
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.67
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.27
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.2
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.07
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.99
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.98
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.87
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Armstrong and Bobby Tiefenauer

Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
153
426.98
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
2237.5
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
600
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
516.28
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
39
487.5
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.6
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.02
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.16
6.02
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
6.56
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
64.19
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
69.77
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
22.33
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.33
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
44.65
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.73
-13.19
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.25
-15.61
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.58
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.58
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
75
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
83
231.63
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
187.5
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
72.56
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.74
Bobby Tiefenauer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Tiefenauer
Career
Per 600 PA