Ricky Bottalico vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Ricky Bottalico
Gen XConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Ricky Bottalico as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 3.99 and 1.443 for Ricky Bottalico. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ricky Bottalico and Claude Passeau

Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
8.05
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.47
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.6
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.5
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.66
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
3.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1886
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
628.2
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
8.03
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.02
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
4.52
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
8.23
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.53
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2730
39.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
4.31
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
4.27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
2340
33.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Ricky Bottalico and Claude Passeau

Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
8.05
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1886
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
628.2
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.54
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.94
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.53
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.49
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.2
97.2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ricky Bottalico and Claude Passeau

Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
562
18733.33
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
982
561.14
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
16.57
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
26.86
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
12.93
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-16.58
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
266.67
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
23.43
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.43
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100