Ed Clark vs. Joe Margoneri — Career Comparison

Ed Clark
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Margoneri
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Margoneri 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. Joe Margoneri posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.29 and WHIP 1.643 compared to 6.75 and 1.500 for Ed Clark. By the career numbers, Joe Margoneri had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Clark and Joe Margoneri

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.57
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.5
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.29
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
9
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
9.43
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.79
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
40.71
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
4.86
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
38.25
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
35.64
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Ed Clark and Joe Margoneri

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.58
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.43
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.79
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.72
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Clark and Joe Margoneri

Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
526.83
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
600
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
541.46
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
17.69
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
43.9
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
24.28
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.97
-14.17
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
11
160.98
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
3.73
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
58.54
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Margoneri
Career
Per 600 PA