Sal Campfield vs. Russ Van Atta — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Van Atta
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Van Atta 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. Sal Campfield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 5.6 and 1.693 for Russ Van Atta. By the career numbers, Sal Campfield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Russ Van Atta

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.62
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.96
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.52
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.59
44.59
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.71
36.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
5.6
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2137
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
712.1
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
10.33
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
10.59
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.33
10.33
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.49
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
4.65
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
4.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.993
0.993
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.2
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.13
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
39
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3291
41.58
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.83
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
6.29
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.29
6.29
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.693
1.693
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
36.33
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2913
36.8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Russ Van Atta

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
27
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
9
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.754
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Russ Van Atta

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
552.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
546.9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
124.78
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
35.21
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.85
42.09
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
138.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
63.72
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
45.13
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
103.54
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
28.65
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.22
45.73
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
90.27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
6.5
6.5
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.65
6.65
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.82
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Van Atta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100