Sal Campfield vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill James
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill James built a career as a starting pitcher and Sal Campfield as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.28 and WHIP 1.233 compared to 4 and 1.370 for Sal Campfield. By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Bill James

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.62
72.62
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.73
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.33
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
7.79
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
3.31
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
4.2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.835
0.835
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.37
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
39
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2217
36.84
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.26
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996
33.16
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Bill James

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.45
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Bill James

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
251.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
568.57
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
131.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
35.21
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.16
34.74
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
145.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
51.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
77.14
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
28.65
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.98
39.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
44
125.71
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
4.77
4.77
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100