Bill Dailey vs. Lou Possehl — Career Comparison

Bill Dailey
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lou Possehl
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lou Possehl 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 5.26 and 1.675 for Lou Possehl. 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 Lou Possehl

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.63
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.4
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.88
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.26
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
27
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.1
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.85
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
10.87
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.86
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.21
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.28
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
3.86
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.896
0.896
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
36.84
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
40.68
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.64
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.1
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.79
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.675
1.675
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
695
33.69
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
36.12
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68

Fielding Stats for Bill Dailey and Lou Possehl

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
27
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185.2
9
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.28
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.01
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.94
91.94
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.479
0.479
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.867
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dailey and Lou Possehl

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
2462.07
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
16
800
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
537.93
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
43.49
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
37.01
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.35
-17.51
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA