Watson Clark vs. Morris Madden — Career Comparison

Watson Clark
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Morris Madden
Baby BoomersSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Watson Clark built a career as a starting pitcher and Morris Madden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Watson Clark posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.305 compared to 5.91 and 2.391 for Morris Madden. By the career numbers, Watson Clark had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Watson Clark and Morris Madden

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.83
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.75
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.06
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.57
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.5
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.37
53.37
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.03
58.03
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
3.66
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.91
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.55
7.55
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5242
27
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1747.1
9
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1897
9.77
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
10.97
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.77
9.77
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.97
10.97
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.44
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.97
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9.7
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
3.31
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.8
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.587
0.587
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7442
38.33
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
43.88
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.43
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
4.31
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.17
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.305
1.305
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.297
2.297
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7042
36.27
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
32.91
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88

Fielding Stats for Watson Clark and Morris Madden

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.75
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
27
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.1
9
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.55
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.234
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.75
18.75
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Watson Clark and Morris Madden

Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
326.52
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
2700
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
656
600
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
598
546.95
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.501
0.501
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
107.01
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
93.29
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.06
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.74
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.72
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
30.18
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
125.3
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
137.2
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
44.82
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
34.76
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
78.66
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.52
32.49
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-2.56
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
30.18
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
74.09
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
8.1
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
22.87
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.83
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Watson Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA