Harry Boyles vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Harry Boyles
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Boyles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 5.79 and 2.020 for Harry Boyles. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Boyles and Dick Matthews

Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
5.79
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
8.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
45.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
8.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
36.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.73
45.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Harry Boyles and Dick Matthews

Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Boyles and Dick Matthews

Harry Boyles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
733.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
520
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-16.76
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Boyles
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA