Frank Bates vs. Hub Pruett — Career Comparison

Frank Bates
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hub Pruett 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. Hub Pruett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.627 compared to 6.33 and 2.082 for Frank Bates. By the career numbers, Hub Pruett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Bates and Hub Pruett

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.23
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.55
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.09
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.83
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.58
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.64
13.64
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.46
88.46
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.7
32.7
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.99
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
6.33
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
4.63
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
572
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
190.2
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
13.03
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
9.86
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.03
13.03
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
5.71
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
4.78
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.85
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
4.31
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.13
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.45
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
45.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3395
41.01
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.95
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
9.35
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.65
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.082
2.082
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.627
1.627
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
38.66
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962
35.78
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.5
45.5
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.01
41.01

Fielding Stats for Frank Bates and Hub Pruett

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
27
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.76
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.98
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.46
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.73
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.53
85.53
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.321
2.321
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Bates and Hub Pruett

Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
27
178.02
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
506.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
91
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
77
507.69
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
508.8
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.508
0.508
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
105.49
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
86.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
98.9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
72
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.34
41.77
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.3
27.13
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
112.09
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
103.2
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
191.21
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
136.8
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.543
0.543
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
59.34
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
9
21.6
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.97
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
28.8
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
92.31
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.77
51.26
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.55
27.72
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
79.12
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
138.46
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
124.8
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.8
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0