Keefe Cato vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Keefe Cato
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Keefe Cato as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 6.98 and 1.500 for Keefe Cato. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keefe Cato and Dick Matthews

Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
11.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.035
1.035
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
40.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
35.84
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Keefe Cato and Dick Matthews

Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keefe Cato and Dick Matthews

Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
112.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
120
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
131.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keefe Cato
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA