Al Atkinson vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan 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. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Doc Scanlan

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.3
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.32
82.32
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.73
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.28
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
4.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Doc Scanlan

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.52
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.66
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.44
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.18
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Doc Scanlan

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
424
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
64
90.57
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
54
76.42
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.15
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
21.95
31.06
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
78
110.38
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
101
142.92
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
21.4
30.28
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.28
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
43.68
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
5.77
5.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100