Bernie Boland vs. Tony Mullane — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Mullane
Pre-GenerationalIrelandThrows UnknownBats SwitchEuropeCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Mullane as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Mullane posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.05 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 3.25 and 1.278 for Bernie Boland. By the career numbers, Tony Mullane had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Tony Mullane

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.77
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
555
1.1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
0.56
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.44
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.2
56.2
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.35
56.35
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.94
56.94
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.81
90.81
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.5
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
0.93
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.06
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.03
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
3.25
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1537
3.05
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13594
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4531.1
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4195
8.33
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1408
2.8
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1803
3.58
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
0.709
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
0.68
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
0.37
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19407
38.55
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.44
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2523
5.01
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17814
35.38
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Tony Mullane

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
820
1.12
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19815
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6605
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
1.25
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1228
1.67
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.31
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2374
3.23
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2144
2.92
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.31
90.31
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.615
2.615
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Tony Mullane

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
216
351.22
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
158.33
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
369
600
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2971
600
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
327
531.71
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2720
549.31
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
45
73.17
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
133.49
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
36
58.54
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
516
104.21
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.38
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
19.99
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.25
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
7.67
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.62
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
14.63
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
29.28
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
13.32
21.67
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
303.22
61.24
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
56
91.06
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
860
173.68
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
76
123.58
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
911
183.98
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.594
0.594
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
29
47.15
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
407
82.19
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
45.04
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
40
65.04
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
622
125.61
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
9.85
16.01
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
330.96
66.84
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.86
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
44.63
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
134.96
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
32.11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
4.45
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.69
18.69
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
1.39
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.2
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
22.62
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
22.62
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100