Bernie Boland vs. Cla Meredith — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cla Meredith
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Cla Meredith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bernie Boland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 3.62 and 1.408 for Cla Meredith. By the career numbers, Bernie Boland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Cla Meredith

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.25
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
3.62
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
9.53
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
6
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.949
0.949
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1197
38.02
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.64
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
3.97
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1087
34.53
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Cla Meredith

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
850
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283.1
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.75
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.45
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Cla Meredith

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
57200
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
531.71
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
58.54
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
65.04
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-35.89
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA