Bernie Boland vs. Hack Spencer — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Hack Spencer
Lost GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Hack Spencer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hack Spencer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.200 compared to 3.25 and 1.278 for Bernie Boland. By the career numbers, Hack Spencer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Hack Spencer

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
3.25
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
10.8
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.08
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
37.8
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
3.9
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
10.8
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
37.8
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Hack Spencer

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Hack Spencer

Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
351.22
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
369
600
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
531.71
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
58.54
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
65.04
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
83
134.96
Hack Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Hack Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA