Al Atkinson vs. Bugs Raymond — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bugs Raymond
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bugs Raymond 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. Bugs Raymond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.49 and WHIP 1.177 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Bugs Raymond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Bugs Raymond

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.04
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.6
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.12
44.12
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.85
69.85
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2564
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
854.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
7.62
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
2.97
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.28
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
4.22
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.799
0.799
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3399
35.79
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.31
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.79
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3084
32.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.79
35.79

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Bugs Raymond

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.58
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2319
27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.66
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
3.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
2.59
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.91
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.18
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.68
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.991
1.991
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.324
2.324
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.24
63.24
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Bugs Raymond

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
279.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
292
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
263
540.41
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
42
86.3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
35
71.92
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.83
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.38
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
11.79
24.24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
52
106.85
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
59
121.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
26
53.42
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
9.96
20.46
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.42
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
16
32.88
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
87
178.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.66
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100