Ed Clark vs. Mike Mimbs — Career Comparison

Ed Clark
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mike Mimbs
Gen XGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Mimbs 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. Mike Mimbs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.03 and WHIP 1.591 compared to 6.75 and 1.500 for Ed Clark. By the career numbers, Mike Mimbs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Clark and Mike Mimbs

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.48
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.26
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.41
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.65
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.68
50.68
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
5.03
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
794
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264.2
9
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
9.32
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.99
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
4.86
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
6.05
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.68
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1197
40.7
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
5.54
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.95
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.576
1.576
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
38.25
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1016
34.55
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.7
40.7

Fielding Stats for Ed Clark and Mike Mimbs

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.48
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.26
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
794
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264.2
9
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.31
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.33
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.77
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.63
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.658
0.658
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.68
50.68
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Clark and Mike Mimbs

Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
547.5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
525
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.08
8.11
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
75
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
24.28
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-7.4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
24
180
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
75
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Mimbs
Career
Per 600 PA