Phil Clark vs. Bill Harvey — Career Comparison

Phil Clark
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Harvey
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Harvey built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Clark as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Harvey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.21 and WHIP 1.482 compared to 7.98 and 2.114 for Phil Clark. By the career numbers, Bill Harvey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Clark and Bill Harvey

Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
1.93
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.01
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.67
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.29
52.29
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.98
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
5.21
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509.1
9
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
11.66
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
549
9.7
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.66
11.66
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.75
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.59
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.68
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
4.26
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
43.57
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2298
40.61
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.6
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
9.82
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
6.33
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.33
6.33
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.83
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.476
1.476
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
36.82
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2028
35.84
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.57
43.57
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.61
40.61

Fielding Stats for Phil Clark and Bill Harvey

Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
1.65
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.04
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2695
27
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898.1
9
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.19
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.64
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.2
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.04
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.84
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.4
93.4
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.214
0.214
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.715
1.715
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.03
63.03
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Clark and Bill Harvey

Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
9000
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
263.68
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
600
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
388
521.97
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.748
0.748
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
130.49
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
87.44
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
24.22
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.42
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.42
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
43.05
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.52
74.69
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
201.79
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
197.76
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.705
0.705
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
76.68
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
53.81
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
121.08
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58.84
79.16
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.04
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
63.23
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.76
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.75
55.75
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
5.88
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.76
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Phil Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Harvey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100