Win Ballou vs. Chuck Hensley — Career Comparison

Win Ballou
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chuck Hensley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Win Ballou built a career as a starting pitcher and Chuck Hensley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chuck Hensley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 0.955 compared to 5.11 and 1.717 for Win Ballou. By the career numbers, Chuck Hensley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Win Ballou and Chuck Hensley

Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.7
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
13.5
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.74
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.52
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.55
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.72
48.72
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
5.11
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.179
0.179
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
989
27
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329.2
9
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
10.87
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.6
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.45
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
4.59
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
2.98
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
7.36
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1500
40.95
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
36.82
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.2
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
6.12
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.717
1.717
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1327
36.23
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
34.36
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.82
36.82

Fielding Stats for Win Ballou and Chuck Hensley

Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
13.5
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
27
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
9
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.97
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.202
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.091
0.091
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Win Ballou and Chuck Hensley

Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
571.15
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
600
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
536.54
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.85
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.31
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
11.37
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.69
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
63.46
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.62
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.38
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.29
-18.98
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.62
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
36
207.69
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Win Ballou
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.85
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Win Ballou
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA