Walter Ball vs. Bobby Castillo — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bobby Castillo
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Ball built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Castillo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walter Ball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 3.94 and 1.431 for Bobby Castillo. By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Bobby Castillo

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
3.27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.77
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.5
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.52
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.6
23.6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.24
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
3.94
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2067
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
8.14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.88
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
4.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
5.67
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.13
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2922
38.17
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.15
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
4.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.33
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.67
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2014
34.18
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2537
33.14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Bobby Castillo

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.77
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2071
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
690.1
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.57
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.73
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.12
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.94
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.3
95.3
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.566
0.566
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.51
23.51
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Bobby Castillo

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
3516.28
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
39
544.19
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.4
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
19.08
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
19.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
8
111.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
7
97.67
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
11.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
11
153.49
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.91
3.91
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Castillo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bobby Castillo
Career
Per 600 PA