Clarence Currie vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Clarence Currie
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Clarence Currie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.39 and 1.363 for Clarence Currie. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clarence Currie and Dick Matthews

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.28
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.7
71.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
9.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.69
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1567
37.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
5.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
34.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Clarence Currie and Dick Matthews

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.4
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
4.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.76
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.81
92.81
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Currie and Dick Matthews

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
235.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
552.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
85.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
72.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.12
21.95
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
102.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
115.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
21.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.78
16.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
42
180
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA