Frank Bates vs. Danny Duffy — Career Comparison

Frank Bates
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Duffy built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Bates as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Duffy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 6.33 and 2.082 for Frank Bates. By the career numbers, Danny Duffy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Bates and Danny Duffy

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.23
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.8
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.09
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.64
13.64
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.46
88.46
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.18
87.18
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.99
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
6.33
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.95
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
572
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
190.2
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
13.03
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1111
8.53
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.03
13.03
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.11
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
5.71
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.32
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.85
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1048
8.05
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.05
8.05
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.13
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.35
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
45.5
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4974
38.19
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
9.35
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.082
2.082
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
38.66
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4448
34.15
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.5
45.5
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Frank Bates and Danny Duffy

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.8
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.76
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.98
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.91
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.46
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.2
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
1.17
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.73
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.53
85.53
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.321
2.321
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Bates and Danny Duffy

Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
27
178.02
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
600
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
507.69
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
105.49
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
98.9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.34
41.77
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
112.09
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
191.21
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
59.34
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.97
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
92.31
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.77
51.26
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-4.88
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
79.12
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
138.46
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
275
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA