Earl Caldwell vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Earl Caldwell
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Earl Caldwell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 4.69 and 1.557 for Earl Caldwell. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earl Caldwell and Dick Matthews

Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.51
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.42
43.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.5
24.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
4.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1763
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
10.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
3.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
3.09
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.785
0.785
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2633
40.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
5.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.557
1.557
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2349
35.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Earl Caldwell and Dick Matthews

Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Caldwell and Dick Matthews

Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
200
674.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
529.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
94.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
77.53
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.85
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.92
26.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
117.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
121.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
47.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
53.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
97.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.21
24.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
26.97
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
43
144.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
4.14
4.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Earl Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
43.82
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA