Cris Carpenter vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Cris Carpenter
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Cris Carpenter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.91 and 1.371 for Cris Carpenter. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cris Carpenter and Dick Matthews

Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.1
55.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
3.91
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
8.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
2.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
38.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.87
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.277
1.277
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1570
34.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Cris Carpenter and Dick Matthews

Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.67
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cris Carpenter and Dick Matthews

Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
4718.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
30
486.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
27.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
120
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
129.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
39.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
97.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
6.17
6.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA