Ike Butler vs. Dave Eiland — Career Comparison

Ike Butler
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dave Eiland
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dave Eiland built a career as a starting pitcher and Ike Butler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ike Butler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.34 and WHIP 1.831 compared to 5.74 and 1.582 for Dave Eiland. By the career numbers, Ike Butler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ike Butler and Dave Eiland

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.22
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.08
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.69
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.65
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.09
76.09
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.34
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
5.74
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
13
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
11.22
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.22
11.22
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.11
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.48
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.85
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.69
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
42.16
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1687
40.71
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
7.97
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
6.61
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.34
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.8
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.831
1.831
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
38.53
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1534
37.01
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.16
42.16
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Ike Butler and Dave Eiland

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.26
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.22
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.69
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
9
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.25
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.3
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.98
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
2.03
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.58
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
2
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.81
98.81
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.902
0.902
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.09
76.09
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ike Butler and Dave Eiland

Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
193.22
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
2044.44
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
538.98
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
22
488.89
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.17
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.49
15.19
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
25.19
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
122.03
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
3.09
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-1.69
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
132.2
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
177.78
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
4.54
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Dave Eiland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Eiland
Career
Per 600 PA