Tom Drake vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Tom Drake
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Drake as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 6.13 and 1.941 for Tom Drake. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Drake and Claude Passeau

Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.13
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.12
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.91
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.65
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.034
1.034
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
43.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.36
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.03
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.941
1.941
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
36.3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.11
43.11
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Tom Drake and Claude Passeau

Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Drake and Claude Passeau

Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1425
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
108
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
81.14
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
39.05
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.94
34.25
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
123.43
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
55.19
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51.63
29.5
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
23.43
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100