Spoon Carter vs. Joe Stewart — Career Comparison

Spoon Carter
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Stewart
Pre-GenerationalNorth CarolinaThrows RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spoon Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Stewart 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 stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.86 and WHIP 1.483 compared to 9.64 and 1.714 for Joe Stewart. By the career numbers, Spoon Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spoon Carter and Joe Stewart

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.69
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.93
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.98
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
63.1
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
4.86
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9.64
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
10.18
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
11.57
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.18
10.18
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.51
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
3.16
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
3.86
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
3.88
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.96
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.782
0.782
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.96
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3348
39.95
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
45.32
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.93
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
5.66
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
10.61
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.92
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.57
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
35.63
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
40.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.32
45.32

Fielding Stats for Spoon Carter and Joe Stewart

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.39
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.22
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.82
92.82
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spoon Carter and Joe Stewart

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
262.5
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
302
539.29
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
107.14
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
89.29
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.29
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.31
32.7
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
130.36
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.5
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Joe Stewart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
57.14
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.07
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.12
35.93
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.95
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
28.57
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
336
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Stewart
Career
Per 600 PA