Clyde Barfoot vs. Lou Possehl — Career Comparison

Clyde Barfoot
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lou Possehl
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lou Possehl built a career as a starting pitcher and Clyde Barfoot as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clyde Barfoot posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.434 compared to 5.26 and 1.675 for Lou Possehl. By the career numbers, Clyde Barfoot had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clyde Barfoot and Lou Possehl

Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.09
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.63
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.4
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.88
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
4.1
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.26
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
27
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
27
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250.1
9
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.1
9
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
10.53
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
10.87
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.53
10.53
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.47
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.37
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.21
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.76
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.86
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.459
0.459
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.896
0.896
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.26
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
40.68
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.98
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
5.43
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.79
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.675
1.675
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1015
36.49
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
36.12
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.26
39.26
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68

Fielding Stats for Clyde Barfoot and Lou Possehl

Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.872
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clyde Barfoot and Lou Possehl

Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
650.6
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
800
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
600
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
549.4
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
144.58
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
122.89
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.46
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.23
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.69
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.9
57.07
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
173.49
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
187.95
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.633
0.633
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.14
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.14
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
72.29
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
66.64
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.35
-17.51
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.37
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
93.98
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
200
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.38
6.38
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.23
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Barfoot
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA