Al Atkinson vs. Marty Bystrom — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Marty Bystrom
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Marty Bystrom 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. Al Atkinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4.26 and 1.428 for Marty Bystrom. By the career numbers, Al Atkinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Marty Bystrom

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.74
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.63
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.54
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.73
52.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.05
94.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.96
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
4.26
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1305
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
943
9.28
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
9.39
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
3.27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
5.34
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.956
0.956
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1898
39.27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
4.88
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.66
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1693
35.03
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.27
39.27

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Marty Bystrom

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.74
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.63
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1305
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.66
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.99
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.86
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.071
1.071
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Marty Bystrom

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
403.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
125
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
112
537.6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
18
86.4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
15
72
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
17.39
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
21
100.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
22
105.6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
11
52.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
1.94
9.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
52
249.6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
38.4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0