Loren Bain vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Loren Bain
Greatest GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Loren Bain as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 7.88 and 1.750 for Loren Bain. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Loren Bain and Dick Matthews

Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
37.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Loren Bain and Dick Matthews

Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Loren Bain and Dick Matthews

Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
520
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
120
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Loren Bain
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA