Ike Butler vs. Al Sima — Career Comparison

Ike Butler
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Sima
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Sima 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. Al Sima posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.61 and WHIP 1.539 compared to 5.34 and 1.831 for Ike Butler. By the career numbers, Al Sima had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ike Butler and Al Sima

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.92
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.08
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.87
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.61
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.38
34.38
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.34
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
4.61
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308.2
9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
13
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
10
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.48
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
3.85
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
3.24
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.787
0.787
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
42.16
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1376
40.12
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.87
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
7.97
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
5.45
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.831
1.831
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.539
1.539
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
38.53
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1240
36.16
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.16
42.16
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Ike Butler and Al Sima

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.26
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.42
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.83
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
27
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.1
9
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.25
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.42
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
2.98
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.57
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.58
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.15
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ike Butler and Al Sima

Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
193.22
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
645.16
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
538.98
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
529.03
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.17
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
15.19
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.06
13.32
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
83.87
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.26
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
122.03
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
3.09
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.52
-9.83
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
132.2
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
44
283.87
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
4.54
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
51.61
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0