Marty Bystrom vs. Cla Meredith — Career Comparison

Marty Bystrom
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cla Meredith
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Marty Bystrom built a career as a starting pitcher and Cla Meredith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cla Meredith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 4.26 and 1.428 for Marty Bystrom. By the career numbers, Cla Meredith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Marty Bystrom and Cla Meredith

Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.74
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.63
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.6
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.54
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.73
52.73
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
4.26
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.62
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1305
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
9.39
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
9.53
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.58
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
3.27
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
5.34
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
6
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.956
0.956
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.949
0.949
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.31
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1898
39.27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1197
38.02
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.64
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
4.88
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.97
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.66
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.3
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1693
35.03
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1087
34.53
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.27
39.27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Marty Bystrom and Cla Meredith

Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.74
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.63
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1305
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.66
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.75
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.99
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.86
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.45
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.071
1.071
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Marty Bystrom and Cla Meredith

Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
84
403.2
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
57200
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
600
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
537.6
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
86.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
72
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
17.39
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
100.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
105.6
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
52.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
9.31
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-35.89
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
52
249.6
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
38.4
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.8
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.8
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Bystrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA