Steve Avery vs. Walter Ball — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Ball posted a stronger line than Steve Avery. Walter Ball posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.65 vs 4.19) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.367). By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Walter Ball

Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.97
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.63
53.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.08
73.08
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.19
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1529
8.85
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.86
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
3.29
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6609
38.26
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
4.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.41
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.71
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2014
34.18
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Walter Ball

Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.36
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.75
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
2.19
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
2.11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.59
27.59
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Walter Ball

Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
370.91
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
346
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
76
92.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.4
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.73
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
11
19.08
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
22.5
27.28
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
133.33
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
88
106.67
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
35
42.42
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
32
38.79
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
63
76.36
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
17.93
21.73
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.21
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.73
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100