Harvey Bailey vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Harvey Bailey
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Harvey Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harvey Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.434 compared to 4.79 and 1.506 for Cliff Carter. By the career numbers, Harvey Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Bailey and Cliff Carter

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.44
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.01
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.54
52.54
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.68
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.79
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
106.2
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
9.03
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
10.02
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.88
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.95
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.73
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.68
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
39.23
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
40.55
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.89
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
34.68
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1777
35.62
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Harvey Bailey and Cliff Carter

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.46
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.52
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
2.49
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.36
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
2.2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Bailey and Cliff Carter

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
16
208.7
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
240.57
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
543.4
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
0.62
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
10
130.43
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.81
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
19.81
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.12
53.69
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
182.61
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
172.64
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
13
169.57
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.47
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
93.4
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
58.03
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
9.2
9.2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA