Walter Ball vs. Joe Kohlman — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Kohlman
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Ball built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Kohlman 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 5.27 and 1.500 for Joe Kohlman. 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 Joe Kohlman

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.46
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.24
54.24
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
8.89
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.21
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.805
0.805
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
38.85
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
34.24
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Joe Kohlman

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.32
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2364
27
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
9
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Joe Kohlman

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
675
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
556.65
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-10.38
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kohlman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.34
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Kohlman
Career
Per 600 PA