Bill Byrd vs. Eddie Matteson — Career Comparison

Bill Byrd
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Eddie Matteson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bill Byrd and Eddie Matteson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Eddie Matteson had the edge in ERA (2.36 vs 3.53). By the career numbers, Eddie Matteson 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 Bill Byrd and Eddie Matteson

Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.37
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.08
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.02
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.64
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.66
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.45
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.76
59.76
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.77
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
3.53
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.36
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4124
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1374.2
9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1394
9.13
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
8.24
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.9
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
2.72
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
4.85
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.22
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.661
0.661
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5807
38.02
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
35.81
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.86
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
4.4
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.51
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.71
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.6
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.225
1.225
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5380
35.22
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
32.94
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.02
38.02
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.81
35.81

Fielding Stats for Bill Byrd and Eddie Matteson

Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.37
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.01
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5440
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1813.1
9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.67
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
1.99
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
2.77
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
2.66
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.55
73.55
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Byrd and Eddie Matteson

Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
343
228.41
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
424.39
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
901
600
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
804
535.41
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
137.85
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
87.8
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
95.89
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
73.17
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
23.97
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
6.66
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.32
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
41.95
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.63
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107.11
71.32
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.98
14.32
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
209.1
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
102.44
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
189.79
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
87.8
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
77.91
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
89.9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
29.27
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
156.49
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
58.54
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.8
77.12
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.82
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
51.28
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.33
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
117.07
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.91
81.91
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
5.13
5.13
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
12.65
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA