Harry Eccles vs. Bret Saberhagen — Career Comparison

Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bret Saberhagen
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Bret Saberhagen built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eccles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bret Saberhagen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.154 compared to 4.71 and 1.143 for Harry Eccles. By the career numbers, Bret Saberhagen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eccles and Bret Saberhagen

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
1.4
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.3
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.59
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.8
58.8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
3.34
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7688
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562.2
9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2452
8.61
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.61
8.61
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
0.77
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.57
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
1.65
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1715
6.02
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.853
0.853
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.19
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.21
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10421
36.6
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1036
3.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.31
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.59
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9734
34.19
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Harry Eccles and Bret Saberhagen

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
1.4
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.3
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7688
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2562.2
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.71
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
1.46
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
2.25
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.17
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.26
96.26
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.98
92.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eccles and Bret Saberhagen

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
1065.2
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
502.2
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
60.79
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
50.22
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.96
13.11
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
71.37
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
95.15
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
34.36
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
37
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.49
3.94
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
49
129.52
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.63
4.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
63.44
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA