Clarence Currie vs. Cal Medley — Career Comparison

Clarence Currie
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal Medley
Greatest GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Cal Medley 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. Clarence Currie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 63 and 11.000 for Cal Medley. By the career numbers, Clarence Currie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clarence Currie and Cal Medley

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.28
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.36
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.56
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.7
71.7
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.75
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.39
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
63
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
63
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.47
57.47
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
9.33
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
54
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
54
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.93
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.69
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1567
37.98
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
117
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.07
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
63
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
63
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1425
34.54
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
81
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
117

Fielding Stats for Clarence Currie and Cal Medley

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
3.35
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
4.05
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.76
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.81
92.81
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Currie and Cal Medley

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
235.71
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
552.86
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
85.71
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
72.86
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
21.95
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
102.86
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
115.71
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.43
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.78
16.18
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.71
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
42
180
Cal Medley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cal Medley
Career
Per 600 PA