Tony Arnold vs. Ken McBride — Career Comparison

Tony Arnold
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken McBride
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken McBride built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken McBride posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 5.06 and 1.685 for Tony Arnold. By the career numbers, Ken McBride had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Arnold and Ken McBride

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.68
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.36
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.45
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.56
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.79
80.79
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.31
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.06
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
3.79
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2423
27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807.2
9
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
11.03
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
7.99
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.99
7.99
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.84
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.22
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
4.04
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.87
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
5.61
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
0.677
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.072
1.072
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.28
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.55
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
39.41
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3467
38.63
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.49
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.74
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
4.32
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.8
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.95
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
35.04
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3055
34.04
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Tony Arnold and Ken McBride

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.68
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.36
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2423
27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807.2
9
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.87
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.99
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
2.06
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
3.03
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
2.93
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.69
96.69
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.742
1.742
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.79
80.79
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Arnold and Ken McBride

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
38
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
328.77
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
292
600
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
264
542.47
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
78.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.37
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
22.6
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
26.71
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.06
20.66
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
110.96
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
102.74
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.1
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.66
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
63.7
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.28
8.8
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
22.6
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
102
209.59
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
26.71
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.22
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken McBride
Career
Per 600 PA