Nick Carter vs. Al Olmsted — Career Comparison

Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Olmsted
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Nick Carter and Al Olmsted are fairly close on the surface numbers. Nick Carter posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.236 vs 1.356) and home runs allowed (0.15 per nine innings vs 0.52). Al Olmsted had the advantage in ERA (2.86 vs 2.97). By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Nick Carter and Al Olmsted

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.08
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.97
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.86
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
8.6
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
8.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.63
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.63
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.808
0.808
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
38.16
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
3.86
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.38
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
1.327
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
34.01
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Nick Carter and Al Olmsted

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.07
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.34
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.86
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.86
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.071
2.071
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Carter and Al Olmsted

Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
420
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
5
230.77
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
5.34
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
15.1
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-20.83
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
14.83
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA