Roland Calhoun vs. Bill Phyle — Career Comparison

Roland Calhoun
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington Black SenatorsNegro National League IIRelief Pitcher
Bill Phyle
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Phyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Roland Calhoun as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Phyle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 9.98 and 2.283 for Roland Calhoun. By the career numbers, Bill Phyle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roland Calhoun and Bill Phyle

Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.52
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.21
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.33
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.48
34.48
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.78
83.78
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.92
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
9.98
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.96
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
27
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.1
9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
15.85
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
10.59
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.85
15.85
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.59
10.59
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.59
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.7
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.91
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.28
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
2.48
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.599
0.599
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.59
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
48.13
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213
39.65
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.35
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
11.15
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
6.34
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.59
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.59
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.283
2.283
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
42.26
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1112
36.35
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.13
48.13
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.65
39.65

Fielding Stats for Roland Calhoun and Bill Phyle

Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.52
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.16
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
27
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.1
9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.07
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.17
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.17
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.65
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.17
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
3.36
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.881
2.881
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.59
35.59
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roland Calhoun and Bill Phyle

Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
190.63
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
600
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
568.75
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
100
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
81.25
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.63
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.75
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
2.68
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.95
27.98
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
121.88
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
128.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
78.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.04
-4.37
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.07
25.23
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
28.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
30
93.75
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
6.4
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.13
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Roland Calhoun
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100