Herman Besse vs. Ed Klepfer — Career Comparison

Herman Besse
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Klepfer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ed Klepfer posted a stronger line than Herman Besse. Ed Klepfer posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.81 vs 6.79) and WHIP (1.327 vs 1.755). By the career numbers, Ed Klepfer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Herman Besse and Ed Klepfer

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.41
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.97
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.93
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.01
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.44
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.34
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.41
56.41
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
6.79
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.81
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
728
27
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1343
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
242.2
9
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.2
9
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
11.05
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
9.19
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.89
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.75
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.75
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
4.38
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
3.32
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
42.47
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
36.53
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.04
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.7
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
7.23
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.1
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
37.42
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
33.65
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Herman Besse and Ed Klepfer

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.49
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Besse and Ed Klepfer

Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
430.3
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
405.52
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
99
600
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
600
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
545.45
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
517.24
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
109.09
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.83
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
96.97
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.83
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
35.45
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
3.91
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.83
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
163.64
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
18
74.48
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
28.97
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90.91
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.55
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.52
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
39.88
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.84
-20.04
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.14
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
54.55
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.52
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
47
194.48
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.95
4.95
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
3.09
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
33.1
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Klepfer
Career
Per 600 PA