Lefty Capers vs. Bob File — Career Comparison

Lefty Capers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaLouisville White SoxNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob File
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Capers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob File as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lefty Capers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.262 compared to 4.2 and 1.464 for Bob File. By the career numbers, Lefty Capers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Capers and Bob File

Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.07
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
7.19
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.07
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.07
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.86
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
4.2
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
27
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
27
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
9
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111.1
9
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
8.25
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
8.89
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.81
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.11
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.48
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.81
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.04
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
4.45
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
38.36
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
38.24
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.18
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.61
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
4.37
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.07
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.18
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.62
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.374
1.374
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
34.07
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
33.31
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.36
38.36
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Lefty Capers and Bob File

Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.22
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
7.19
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.94
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
27
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111.1
9
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.94
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.81
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.69
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.54
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.82
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.43
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.63
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2.34
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.154
2.154
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Capers and Bob File

Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
17
261.54
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
53400
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
553.85
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
21.43
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
12.06
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob File
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Capers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob File
Career
Per 600 PA