Rocky Biddle vs. Catfish Hunter — Career Comparison

Rocky Biddle
Gen XNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Catfish Hunter
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Catfish Hunter built a career as a starting pitcher and Rocky Biddle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rocky Biddle led in home run suppression (HR9+ 77 vs 61), strikeout rate (K%+ 90 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 84 vs 84). Catfish Hunter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 112 vs 94). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Rocky Biddle.

Pitching Stats for Rocky Biddle and Catfish Hunter

Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.71
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
1.3
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.97
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.48
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.58
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.71
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.43
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.71
20.71
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.2
95.2
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.47
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.11
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.09
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
5.47
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1248
3.26
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1136
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
378.2
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
9.72
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
7.72
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.4
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
0.98
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
4.04
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
2.49
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.15
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
6.2
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2012
5.25
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.62
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1709
40.62
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14032
36.61
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.07
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
6.32
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
3.6
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.26
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.22
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.24
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.19
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.55
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.2
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1491
35.44
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12870
33.58
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.62
40.62
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61

Fielding Stats for Rocky Biddle and Catfish Hunter

Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.71
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
1.31
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.97
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1136
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
378.2
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.59
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
0.83
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.38
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
1.48
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.33
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
1.42
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.94
95.94
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.086
1.086
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.71
20.71
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rocky Biddle and Catfish Hunter

Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
6988.24
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
515
435.21
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
13
458.82
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
658
556.06
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
125.92
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
104.79
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.52
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.54
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.07
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.13
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.57
35.98
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
159.72
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
132.68
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
50.7
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
43.1
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
88.73
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.27
-44.87
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.21
38.21
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.76
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
135.21
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
4.44
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
32.96
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.23
Rocky Biddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.45
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Rocky Biddle
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100