Joe Bitker vs. Harry Taylor — Career Comparison

Joe Bitker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Taylor
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Taylor built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Bitker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.524 compared to 4.73 and 1.500 for Joe Bitker. By the career numbers, Harry Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Bitker and Harry Taylor

Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5.06
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
2.26
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.11
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.53
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.5
47.5
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.4
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.73
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
4.1
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
27
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1073
27
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.2
9
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357.2
9
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.44
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
8.66
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.35
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.63
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.05
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
5.06
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.01
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
8.1
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
3.2
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
39.83
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
39.41
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.36
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.55
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.73
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
4.63
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.524
1.524
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
35.1
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1355
34.1
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.41
39.41

Fielding Stats for Joe Bitker and Harry Taylor

Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5.06
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.2
9
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.01
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.35
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.35
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.05
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.156
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Bitker and Harry Taylor

Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
15
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
409.09
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
600
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
563.64
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
90.91
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
68.18
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.18
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
20.07
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
118.18
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
104.55
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.55
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
59.09
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
113.64
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
11.65
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
26
118.18
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.08
5.08
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA