Babe Doty vs. Spec Harkness — Career Comparison

Babe Doty
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Spec Harkness
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Spec Harkness built a career as a starting pitcher and Babe Doty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Doty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1 and WHIP 1.111 compared to 3.37 and 1.424 for Spec Harkness. By the career numbers, Babe Doty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Doty and Spec Harkness

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.8
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.04
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.89
57.89
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.37
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189.2
9
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
9.21
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
3.61
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.03
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.849
0.849
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
773
36.68
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
4.7
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
36
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
694
32.93
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68

Fielding Stats for Babe Doty and Spec Harkness

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.51
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.06
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.98
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.44
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.31
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Doty and Spec Harkness

Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
312.33
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
600
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
567.12
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
82.19
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
31.89
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
139.73
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
131.51
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
73.97
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.81
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
29.24
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
24.66
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
32
263.01
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
2.28
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Harkness
Career
Per 600 PA