Sol Carter vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Sol Carter
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Sol Carter 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 19.29 and 2.143 for Sol Carter. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sol Carter and Dick Matthews

Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
7.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
19.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.29
19.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.29
7.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.202
0.202
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
6.63
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
15.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
42.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
19.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.29
19.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
32.83
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Sol Carter and Dick Matthews

Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
27
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112.2
9
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sol Carter and Dick Matthews

Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
600
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sol Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA