Bill Drake vs. Bob Turley — Career Comparison

Bill Drake
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Turley
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill Drake and Bob Turley are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Drake had the edge in home runs allowed (0.21 per nine innings vs 0.74). By the career numbers, Bill Drake had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Drake and Bob Turley

Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.36
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.63
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.05
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.25
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.58
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.53
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.51
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.45
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.02
53.02
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.3
54.3
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.42
77.42
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.45
76.45
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.72
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.41
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
3.69
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
3.64
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3704
27
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5138
27
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1234.2
9
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1712.2
9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9.46
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
7.18
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.21
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.74
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.08
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1068
5.61
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
4.05
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1265
6.65
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.65
6.65
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.23
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.29
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4862
35.44
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7447
39.13
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.2
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
4.77
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
3.96
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.04
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.66
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4267
31.1
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6323
33.23
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Bill Drake and Bob Turley

Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
1.52
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.7
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.14
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.25
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3358
27
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4936
27
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119.1
9
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1645.1
9
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.48
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.41
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
1.15
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
4
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
1.68
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
3.71
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.64
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.96
92.96
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.08
97.08
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.444
2.444
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.13
75.13
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.87
73.87
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Drake and Bob Turley

Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
194
220.04
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
300
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
529
600
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
600
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
470
533.08
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
547
529.35
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
105.48
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
69
66.77
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
81.66
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
55
53.23
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.61
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.68
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.87
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
14
13.55
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.61
42.66
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
17.55
16.98
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
146.31
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
91
88.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
148.58
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
103
99.68
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
44
42.58
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
32
30.97
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
104.35
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
72
69.68
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.56
44.87
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
4.06
3.92
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
36.29
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
31
30
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.54
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
191
184.84
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.25
132.25
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
21
23.82
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
35.81
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.74
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.97
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Turley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Turley
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50