Al Atkinson vs. Pug Cavet — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Pug Cavet
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pug Cavet 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. Pug Cavet posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.98 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Pug Cavet had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Pug Cavet

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.95
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.04
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.87
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.36
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.9
44.9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.98
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
226.1
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.67
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
2.66
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.28
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
3.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.704
0.704
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.641
0.641
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.37
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
36.38
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.72
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
4.18
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
837
33.28
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.38
36.38

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Pug Cavet

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.1
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2832
27
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
9
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89.89
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.633
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Pug Cavet

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
367.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
72
540
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
11
82.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
7
52.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
3.55
26.61
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
110.38
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
16
120
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
6
45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
18.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
34
255
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
2.35
2.35
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100