Eli Cates vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Eli Cates
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eli Cates built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 2.53 and 1.267 for Eli Cates. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eli Cates and Fred Rath Jr.

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
36.58
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
38.81
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
33.97
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.58
36.58
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Eli Cates and Fred Rath Jr.

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.84
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.36
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.94
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.546
2.546
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Cates and Fred Rath Jr.

Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
338.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
498.59
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
76.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
36.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
152.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.76
40.26
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA