Jim Bunning vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dick Matthews posted a stronger line than Jim Bunning. Dick Matthews posted stronger numbers in ERA (1.6 vs 3.27) and WHIP (0.950 vs 1.205). By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Dick Matthews

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
1.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.12
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
0.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
3.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
8.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1000
2.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2855
6.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15618
37.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.09
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
3.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Dick Matthews

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
1.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.12
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
1.44
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Dick Matthews

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
257.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
91.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
77.52
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
8.99
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45.26
19.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
112.63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
106.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
35.12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
32.12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
64.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.33
11.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.56
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
362
155.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
36.4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA