Mike Balas vs. Harry Gaspar — Career Comparison

Mike Balas
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Gaspar
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Gaspar built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Balas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Gaspar posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.69 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 6.75 and 2.250 for Mike Balas. By the career numbers, Harry Gaspar had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Gaspar

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1.56
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.07
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.52
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.94
48.94
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.53
68.53
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.52
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.69
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2476
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825.1
9
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
795
8.67
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
2.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
2.49
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.539
0.539
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.43
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3310
36.09
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
3.63
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3054
33.3
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.09
36.09

Fielding Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Gaspar

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.41
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.01
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1605
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
9
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
3.45
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
3.72
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.96
41.96
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Balas and Harry Gaspar

Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
292.83
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
600
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
544.71
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
73.72
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
63.48
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.24
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.24
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.88
16.13
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
83.96
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
104.44
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.76
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.76
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
65.53
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
6.78
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.67
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
84
172.01
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
3.49
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.57
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Gaspar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100