Eli Cates vs. Rick DeHart — Career Comparison

Eli Cates
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rick DeHart
Gen XKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eli Cates built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick DeHart as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eli Cates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.53 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 6.14 and 1.889 for Rick DeHart. By the career numbers, Eli Cates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eli Cates and Rick DeHart

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
8
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
6.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.87
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
11.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.86
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
4.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
6.43
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
36.58
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
42.71
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.64
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.57
7.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.794
1.794
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
33.97
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
37.14
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.58
36.58
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.71
42.71

Fielding Stats for Eli Cates and Rick DeHart

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
8
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.84
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.09
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.36
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
3.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.94
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
3.14
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.32
90.32
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.546
2.546
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Cates and Rick DeHart

Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
40
338.03
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
11200
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
498.59
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
76.06
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
36.35
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
152.11
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.76
40.26
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Rick DeHart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick DeHart
Career
Per 600 PA