Al Atkinson vs. Bernie Boland — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bernie Boland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Bernie Boland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Bernie Boland

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.77
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.04
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.01
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.45
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.94
56.94
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.28
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Bernie Boland

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2832
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Bernie Boland

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
351.22
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
369
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
327
531.71
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
45
73.17
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
36
58.54
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.83
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
13.32
21.67
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
56
91.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
76
123.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
29
47.15
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.81
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
40
65.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
9.85
16.01
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
31
50.41
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
83
134.96
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
4.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA