Al Atkinson vs. Jack Flaherty — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jack Flaherty
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Flaherty 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. Jack Flaherty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.208 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Jack Flaherty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Jack Flaherty

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.73
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.51
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.84
96.84
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
3.8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
7.59
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
3.19
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
10.27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.27
10.27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.495
1.495
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.37
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4120
37.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.11
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.71
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.198
1.198
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3686
33.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Jack Flaherty

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.73
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.79
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.56
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.52
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.09
97.09
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Jack Flaherty

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
792
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
150
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
123
492
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
19
76
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
15
60
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
12
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
5.96
23.85
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
25
100
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
28
112
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
8
32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
28
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
14
56
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
4.8
19.19
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
46
184
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
3.26
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
64
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50