Sal Campfield vs. Fred Klages — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Klages
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Klages 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. Fred Klages posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 4 and 1.370 for Sal Campfield. By the career numbers, Fred Klages had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Fred Klages

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.09
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.79
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.33
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
7.76
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.43
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
39
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
37.14
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
33.56
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Fred Klages

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.09
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.79
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Fred Klages

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
473.68
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
35.21
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
14.18
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
28.65
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
6.06
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
10
315.79
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA