Henry Boyle vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Henry Boyle
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Henry Boyle 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 3.06 and 1.206 for Henry Boyle. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Henry Boyle and Dick Matthews

Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.46
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.5
44.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.14
96.14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
597
3.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5269
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1756.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1740
8.92
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
1.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
3.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.558
0.558
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7447
38.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
983
5.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.206
1.206
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7033
36.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Henry Boyle and Dick Matthews

Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2521
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
1.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
648
2.31
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581
2.07
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
89.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.924
1.924
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Henry Boyle and Dick Matthews

Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
158.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1104
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1049
570.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
125
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
92.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
22.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
32.07
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86.36
46.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
171.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
154.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
65.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
38.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
97.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90.16
49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
27.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
129
70.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
8.56
8.56
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Boyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA