Pug Cavet vs. Bill Kelso — Career Comparison

Pug Cavet
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Kelso
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pug Cavet built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kelso as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pug Cavet posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.98 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 3.13 and 1.393 for Bill Kelso. By the career numbers, Pug Cavet had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pug Cavet and Bill Kelso

Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.95
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.33
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.87
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.54
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
55
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.59
70.59
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.9
44.9
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.32
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.54
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.98
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
3.13
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
679
27
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
603
27
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226.1
9
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
9
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
8.67
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
7.66
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.72
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.66
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
4.16
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.72
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
3.1
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.25
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.641
0.641
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
915
36.38
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
38.19
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.72
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.84
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
4.18
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.4
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
837
33.28
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
33.63
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.38
36.38
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Pug Cavet and Bill Kelso

Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.32
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
27
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.1
9
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.74
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.89
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.12
95.12
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.633
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pug Cavet and Bill Kelso

Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
49
367.5
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1929.73
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
540
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
551.35
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
82.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
52.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.55
26.61
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
2.69
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
18.06
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.89
-30.67
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
255
Bill Kelso
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
340.54
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.35
2.35
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
1.76
1.76
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pug Cavet
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Kelso
Career
Per 600 PA