Frank Bates vs. Bill Edgerton — Career Comparison

Frank Bates
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Edgerton
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Frank Bates and Bill Edgerton are fairly close on the surface numbers. Frank Bates carried a career ERA of 6.33 against Bill Edgerton's 4.79. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Frank Bates and Bill Edgerton — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Bates and Bill Edgerton

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.23
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.4
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.09
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.9
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.64
13.64
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.46
88.46
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.99
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
6.33
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.79
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.337
0.337
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
572
27
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190.2
9
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
13.03
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.5
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.03
13.03
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
5.71
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.35
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.85
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.79
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.016
1.016
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.13
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.87
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
45.5
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
44.85
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.18
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
9.35
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
6.1
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.082
2.082
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.984
1.984
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
38.66
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
39.63
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.5
45.5
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.85
44.85

Fielding Stats for Frank Bates and Bill Edgerton

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
642
27
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
9
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.76
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.98
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.61
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.46
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.2
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.61
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.73
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.61
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.53
85.53
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.321
2.321
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Bates and Bill Edgerton

Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
178.02
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
10200
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
600
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
507.69
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.588
0.588
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
105.49
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
98.9
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.34
41.77
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
112.09
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
191.21
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
59.34
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.97
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
92.31
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.77
51.26
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
18.72
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
79.12
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
21
138.46
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA