Al Atkinson vs. Tom Glavine — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tom Glavine
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star

Tom Glavine 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. Tom Glavine posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Tom Glavine had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Tom Glavine

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
0.62
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.41
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.04
60.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
3.54
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4298
8.76
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
0.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1500
3.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
0.3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2607
5.32
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.931
0.931
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18604
37.94
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1900
3.87
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.46
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
0.86
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.314
1.314
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16697
34.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Tom Glavine

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
0.53
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.66
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
856
1.75
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1144
2.33
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.18
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1118
2.28
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.639
1.639
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Tom Glavine

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
709
258.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
424
600
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1645
600
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1323
482.55
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
89.73
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
54
76.42
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
79.51
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
9.12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.73
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.36
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.15
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
10.21
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68.16
24.86
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
101.4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
127.29
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
33.92
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
32.83
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
66.38
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77.2
28.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.73
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
36.84
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
329
120
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
78.78
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.09
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
14
5.11
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.36
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.36
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100