Sal Campfield vs. Leroy Matlock — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leroy Matlock
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Leroy Matlock 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. Leroy Matlock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.312 compared to 4 and 1.370 for Sal Campfield. By the career numbers, Leroy Matlock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Leroy Matlock

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.38
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.03
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.61
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.63
64.63
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.17
74.17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.6
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
3.93
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2340
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
780
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.33
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
9.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
2.65
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.6
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
39
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3312
38.22
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.78
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.81
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3006
34.68
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Leroy Matlock

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2939
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979.2
9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.03
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
3.38
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
3.24
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.833
0.833
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.263
2.263
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.87
69.87
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Leroy Matlock

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
222.58
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
518.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
114.75
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
92.63
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
15.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.76
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
22.12
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
35.21
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.15
47.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
147.93
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
161.75
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
80.18
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
53.92
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
129.95
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
28.65
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.48
53.2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.62
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
6.5
6.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144.67
144.67
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
34.56
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.29
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Matlock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100