Mike Armstrong vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Mike Armstrong
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Armstrong as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.1 and 1.405 for Mike Armstrong. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Armstrong and Doc Scanlan

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.25
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.47
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.45
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.29
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
4.1
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1014
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
7.99
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.13
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.53
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
5.88
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
4.2
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1439
38.32
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
4.53
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1252
33.34
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Mike Armstrong and Doc Scanlan

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.25
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1014
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.75
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.75
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.6
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.49
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Armstrong and Doc Scanlan

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
39600
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
181
232.55
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
59.1
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
104.07
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100