Ed Clark vs. Matt Manning — Career Comparison

Ed Clark
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Matt Manning
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Manning built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Manning posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.43 and WHIP 1.287 compared to 6.75 and 1.500 for Ed Clark. By the career numbers, Matt Manning had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Clark and Matt Manning

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.77
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.77
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.31
42.31
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.43
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
762
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
9
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
8.57
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.06
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
3.01
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
6.31
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.035
1.035
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1087
38.52
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.89
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.287
1.287
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
38.25
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
975
34.55
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Ed Clark and Matt Manning

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.77
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.81
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
762
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
9
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.74
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.92
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.74
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.67
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
102
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Clark and Matt Manning

Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
30600
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
24.28
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Manning
Career
Per 600 PA