Michael Driscoll vs. Dick Nold — Career Comparison

Michael Driscoll
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Nold
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Nold built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Driscoll as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Nold posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.87 and WHIP 1.574 compared to 5.4 and 1.600 for Michael Driscoll. By the career numbers, Dick Nold had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Michael Driscoll and Dick Nold

Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.1
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.87
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.8
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.41
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.75
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.131
1.131
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
43.2
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
40.72
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.75
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.574
1.574
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
39.6
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
34.97
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.72
40.72

Fielding Stats for Michael Driscoll and Dick Nold

Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.1
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
27
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.1
9
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.429
0.429
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Driscoll and Dick Nold

Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
1050
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
5.31
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.49
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Michael Driscoll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Driscoll
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Nold
Career
Per 600 PA