Al Atkinson vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau 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. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Claude Passeau

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
1.47
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.55
74.55
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.62
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
943
9.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
728
2.41
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.704
0.704
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.28
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Claude Passeau

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2832
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Claude Passeau

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
255.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
424
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
387
547.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
64
90.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
54
76.42
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.71
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
21.95
31.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
78
110.38
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
123.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
85.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.63
29.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100