Pete Charton vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Pete Charton
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Charton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 5.26 and 1.415 for Pete Charton. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Charton and Leo Townsend

Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.46
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
5.26
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
9.28
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.66
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.32
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.12
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.939
0.939
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
37.66
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.94
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
5.4
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
34.2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Pete Charton and Leo Townsend

Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.46
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.69
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.97
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.22
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.18
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.18
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Charton and Leo Townsend

Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
1363.64
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
10.81
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.79
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Pete Charton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Charton
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA