Art Decatur vs. Dick Estelle — Career Comparison

Art Decatur
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Estelle
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Estelle built a career as a starting pitcher and Art Decatur as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Estelle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.566 compared to 4.51 and 1.482 for Art Decatur. By the career numbers, Dick Estelle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Art Decatur and Dick Estelle

Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.56
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.04
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.6
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.19
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.35
40.35
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
4.51
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.23
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1615
27
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538.1
9
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
653
10.92
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
8.66
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.7
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.51
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.42
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.26
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
2.54
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.92
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.552
0.552
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2431
40.64
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
40.92
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.12
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
5.45
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.57
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2273
38
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
35.49
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.64
40.64
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.92
40.92

Fielding Stats for Art Decatur and Dick Estelle

Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.04
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.19
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
27
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
9
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.51
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.7
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.53
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.12
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Art Decatur and Dick Estelle

Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
530.64
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
12
378.95
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
551.45
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
16
505.26
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
52.02
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
41.62
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.4
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.4
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.37
8.22
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
6.47
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
62.43
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
69.36
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.21
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.94
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.15
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.94
-13.65
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.34
-10.81
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
215.03
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
284.21
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.79
2.79
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Dick Estelle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Estelle
Career
Per 600 PA