Spoon Carter vs. Rick Steirer — Career Comparison

Spoon Carter
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rick Steirer
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spoon Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Steirer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Spoon Carter posted a career ERA of 4.86 against Rick Steirer's 4.86, with WHIP of 1.483 and 1.588 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spoon Carter and Rick Steirer

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.69
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.98
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.98
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.69
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
63.1
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.33
23.33
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
4.86
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.86
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
10.18
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
10.72
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.18
10.18
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.72
10.72
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
3.16
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.08
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
3.88
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.07
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.794
0.794
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3348
39.95
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
41
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.89
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
5.66
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
5.86
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.92
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.57
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.6
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
35.63
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
36.73
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41

Fielding Stats for Spoon Carter and Rick Steirer

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.98
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.69
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.79
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.59
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
2.39
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.48
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
2.22
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.38
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.82
92.82
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.33
23.33
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spoon Carter and Rick Steirer

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
262.5
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
600
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
539.29
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
107.14
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
89.29
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.29
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.31
32.7
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
130.36
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.5
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
57.14
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.07
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.12
35.93
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
28.57
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.79
Rick Steirer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
336
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Steirer
Career
Per 600 PA