Harry Betts vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Harry Betts
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Betts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.506 compared to 8.03 and 1.622 for Harry Betts. By the career numbers, Cliff Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Betts and Cliff Carter

Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.62
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.79
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
10.02
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.32
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.84
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.53
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.73
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.19
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
40.86
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2023
40.55
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
6.15
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.68
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.622
1.622
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.506
1.506
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
32.84
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1777
35.62
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Harry Betts and Cliff Carter

Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.46
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.49
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.2
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Betts and Cliff Carter

Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
240.57
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
543.4
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.47
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Betts
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA