Bill Dailey vs. Casey Patten — Career Comparison

Bill Dailey
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Casey Patten
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Casey Patten built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 3.36 and 1.315 for Casey Patten. By the career numbers, Bill Dailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Dailey and Casey Patten

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.04
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.46
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.56
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.3
45.3
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.15
88.15
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
3.36
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6187
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2062.1
9
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.85
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2154
9.4
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.17
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
2.86
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.43
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.28
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
757
3.3
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.637
0.637
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
36.84
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8622
37.63
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.64
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.1
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1079
4.71
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
695
33.69
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7991
34.87
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.63
37.63

Fielding Stats for Bill Dailey and Casey Patten

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.61
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6228
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.65
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.28
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
2.46
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.23
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.01
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
3.34
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.76
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
3.11
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
93
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.479
0.479
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.626
2.626
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.28
51.28
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dailey and Casey Patten

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
2462.07
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
273
202.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
810
600
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
743
550.37
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
69.63
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
62.96
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.7
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.48
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.48
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
6.67
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
43.49
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.78
15.39
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
80.74
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
100
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
32.59
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
25.19
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
56.3
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
37.01
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.69
4.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.67
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
23.7
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
151.11
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
3.97
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
19.26
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100