Bernie Boland vs. Tony Watson — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Watson
MillenialIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bernie Boland built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Watson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.9 and WHIP 1.114 compared to 3.25 and 1.278 for Bernie Boland. By the career numbers, Tony Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Tony Watson

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.58
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.65
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.2
56.2
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.84
61.84
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.44
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
3.25
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1945
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
648.1
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
7.84
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
7.33
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.87
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.42
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
7.91
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.148
1.148
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4324
36.64
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2620
36.37
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.51
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
3.9
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.87
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2368
32.87
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.64
36.64
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.37
36.37

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Tony Watson

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1945
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648.1
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.56
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.37
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.03
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.93
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.21
95.21
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Tony Watson

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
689
37581.82
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
531.71
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
58.54
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
6.09
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.89
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
65.04
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-4.89
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA