Dan Bankhead vs. Cla Meredith — Career Comparison

Dan Bankhead
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cla Meredith
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dan Bankhead built a career as a starting pitcher and Cla Meredith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cla Meredith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 4.55 and 1.416 for Dan Bankhead. By the career numbers, Cla Meredith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Bankhead and Cla Meredith

Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
2.15
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.89
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.38
41.38
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
4.55
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.62
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1093
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364.1
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
8.1
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
9.53
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.59
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
4.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
6.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
6
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.949
0.949
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.35
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1587
39.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1197
38.02
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.72
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.64
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
5.11
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.97
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.3
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
1.416
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1369
33.82
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1087
34.53
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Dan Bankhead and Cla Meredith

Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.45
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.99
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
27
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
9
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.81
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.01
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.75
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
3.97
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
2.54
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.82
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
2.45
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.25
96.25
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.72
28.72
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Bankhead and Cla Meredith

Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
106
402.53
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
57200
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
531.65
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
136.71
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
117.72
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.39
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.99
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.65
55.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
167.09
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
186.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.635
0.635
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
68.35
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
56.96
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
121.52
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.1
64.94
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-35.89
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.39
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.58
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.57
22.57
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
18.99
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Bankhead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA