Jimmie DeShong vs. Dizzy Royal — Career Comparison

Jimmie DeShong
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dizzy Royal
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jimmie DeShong built a career as a starting pitcher and Dizzy Royal as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dizzy Royal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 2.250 compared to 5.08 and 1.604 for Jimmie DeShong. By the career numbers, Dizzy Royal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Dizzy Royal

Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.8
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.03
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.48
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.45
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.65
51.65
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.45
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
5.08
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2618
27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
872.2
9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
968
9.98
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.61
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.46
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
2.82
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3944
40.68
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.44
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
560
5.78
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.604
1.604
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3500
36.1
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
33.75
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.68
40.68
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Dizzy Royal

Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
27
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.56
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.229
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Dizzy Royal

Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
306.09
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
345
600
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
509.57
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
100.87
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
90.43
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.48
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.96
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.43
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.83
36.23
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
118.26
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
158.26
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.87
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
43.48
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
104.35
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.54
42.68
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.17
-33.76
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.74
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
55.65
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
41
71.3
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.41
8.41
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
0.78
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
33.04
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.74
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.74
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.74
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA