Lefty Boone vs. Bill Evans — Career Comparison

Lefty Boone
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Evans
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Boone built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Evans as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Evans posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.98 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 5.87 and 1.638 for Lefty Boone. By the career numbers, Bill Evans had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Boone and Bill Evans

Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
2.22
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
35
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
5.87
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.98
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
9.13
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.72
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
5.61
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
8.93
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.66
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.616
1.616
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.72
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.25
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
641
41.8
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
40.29
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
7.3
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.82
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.3
7.3
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.638
1.638
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
35.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
33.65
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.29
40.29

Fielding Stats for Lefty Boone and Bill Evans

Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.22
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.83
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.3
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.09
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.88
71.88
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Boone and Bill Evans

Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
362.07
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
1560
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
537.93
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
62.07
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
2.57
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA