Walter Ball vs. Tom Martin — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Martin
Gen XSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Ball built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Martin 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 4.92 and 1.582 for Tom Martin. 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 Tom Martin

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
10.69
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.46
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.24
54.24
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
55
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
4.92
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316.2
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
8.91
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
9.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.02
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.54
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
6.37
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1415
40.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.02
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
5.14
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.43
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.71
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
35.01
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Tom Martin

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
10.69
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
316.2
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.17
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.71
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.59
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.149
0.149
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Tom Martin

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
376
17353.85
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.55
-71.43
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Martin
Career
Per 600 PA