Eli Cates vs. Dick Mulligan — Career Comparison

Eli Cates
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Mulligan
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eli Cates built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Mulligan 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 4.44 and 1.494 for Dick Mulligan. 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 Dick Mulligan

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.78
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
4.44
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.87
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.11
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.11
9.11
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
4.33
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.61
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.56
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
36.58
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
39.56
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.33
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.64
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.78
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
33.97
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
34.78
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.58
36.58
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Eli Cates and Dick Mulligan

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.55
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.84
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.09
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.36
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.94
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.546
2.546
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Cates and Dick Mulligan

Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
338.03
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
652.17
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
498.59
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
469.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
76.06
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
36.35
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.36
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
152.11
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.76
40.26
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-20.83
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100