Bill Dailey vs. Joe Saunders — Career Comparison

Bill Dailey
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Saunders
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Saunders 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 4.37 and 1.435 for Joe Saunders. 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 Joe Saunders

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.52
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.49
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.58
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.56
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.86
50.86
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
4.37
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4162
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1387.1
9
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.85
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
9.94
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.16
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
2.86
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
2.85
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.28
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
5.14
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.19
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
36.84
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5962
38.68
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.64
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.1
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.84
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.26
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.23
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.1
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
695
33.69
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5418
35.15
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.68
38.68

Fielding Stats for Bill Dailey and Joe Saunders

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
1.52
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.49
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4162
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1387.1
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.39
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.28
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.47
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.01
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
1.89
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.86
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.29
98.29
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.479
0.479
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dailey and Joe Saunders

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
2462.07
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
944
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
600
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
537.93
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
512
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
68
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
64
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
43.49
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.06
12.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
72
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
92
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
24
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
37.01
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
3.78
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
24
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
136
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.41
4.41
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
60
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Saunders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100