Keith Atherton vs. Elden Auker — Career Comparison

Keith Atherton
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elden Auker built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Atherton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Keith Atherton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 4.42 and 1.495 for Elden Auker. By the career numbers, Keith Atherton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Atherton and Elden Auker

Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.6
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.59
44.59
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.99
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.42
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
8.68
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.59
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
3.42
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
3.24
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.55
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.17
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2431
38.63
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8688
39.83
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.51
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.26
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
5.07
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.4
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2156
34.26
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Keith Atherton and Elden Auker

Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1699
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566.1
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.81
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.3
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.22
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.9
93.9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Atherton and Elden Auker

Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
342
205200
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
700
535.71
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
100.26
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
77.3
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.48
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.05
35.24
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
139.29
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
133.16
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
55.1
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
106.38
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.57
34.11
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
177.55
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100