Theodore Breitenstein vs. Thomas Saxon — Career Comparison

Theodore Breitenstein
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thomas Saxon
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Thomas Saxon built a career as a starting pitcher and Theodore Breitenstein as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Theodore Breitenstein posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.449 compared to 4.05 and 1.200 for Thomas Saxon. By the career numbers, Theodore Breitenstein had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Theodore Breitenstein and Thomas Saxon

Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.15
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.04
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.48
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.51
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
0.91
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1331
4.03
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.05
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8920
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2973.1
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
3101
9.39
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.08
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.08
6.08
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.24
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1207
3.65
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.73
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
893
2.7
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.38
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.706
0.706
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.13
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.26
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13010
39.38
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
39.83
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.1
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1848
5.59
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11716
35.46
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
33.75
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.38
39.38
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Theodore Breitenstein and Thomas Saxon

Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.19
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10098
27
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3366
9
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.88
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.87
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.18
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1096
2.93
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1028
2.75
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.8
93.8
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Theodore Breitenstein and Thomas Saxon

Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
448
174.77
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1538
600
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1350
526.66
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.612
0.612
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
113.52
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
95.58
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
10.53
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
5.85
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.56
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
17.95
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124.57
48.6
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
29.73
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
140.44
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
174.38
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
67.88
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
49.15
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
296
115.47
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139.31
54.35
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
68.03
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.34
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
58.52
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
145
56.57
Thomas Saxon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.61
10.61
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
1.03
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
12.48
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
11.7
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
11.7
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theodore Breitenstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thomas Saxon
Career
Per 600 PA