Tony Arnold vs. Doc Watson — Career Comparison

Tony Arnold
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Watson
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis TerriersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Watson 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. Doc Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.242 compared to 5.06 and 1.685 for Tony Arnold. By the career numbers, Doc Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Arnold and Doc Watson

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.67
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.11
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.53
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.06
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.7
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
11.03
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
7.87
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.22
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
3.31
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.87
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.21
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
0.677
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.725
0.725
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
39.41
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
14.15
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.49
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.74
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.28
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.8
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.95
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
35.04
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
10.55
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.324
0.324
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.15
14.15

Fielding Stats for Tony Arnold and Doc Watson

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
27
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.1
9
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.99
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.88
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.348
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Arnold and Doc Watson

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
38
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
323.44
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
600
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
525
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
56.25
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.56
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
9.55
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60.94
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
84.38
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
37.5
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
23.44
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60.94
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.08
-5.07
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.13
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
46
215.63
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
2.78
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.88
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Watson
Career
Per 600 PA