Steve Bechler vs. Fred Talbot — Career Comparison

Steve Bechler
Gen XOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Talbot
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Talbot built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Bechler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Talbot posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 13.5 and 2.143 for Steve Bechler. By the career numbers, Fred Talbot had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Bechler and Fred Talbot

Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.4
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.59
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4.12
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.29
13.29
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561
27
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853.2
9
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
11.57
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
844
8.9
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.01
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.52
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
4.73
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.23
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.28
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
48.21
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3677
38.77
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.27
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.54
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
38.57
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3316
34.96
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.21
48.21
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Steve Bechler and Fred Talbot

Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562
27
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854
9
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.73
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.51
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.33
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.23
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Bechler and Fred Talbot

Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
431.25
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
600
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
502.08
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
87.5
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
62.5
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.5
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.33
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.62
38.79
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
133.33
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
141.67
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.42
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.55
36.57
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
90
187.5
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.75
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bechler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Steve Bechler
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100