Harry Eccles vs. Rip Sewell — Career Comparison

Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rip Sewell
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Rip Sewell 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. Rip Sewell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.344 compared to 4.71 and 1.143 for Harry Eccles. By the career numbers, Rip Sewell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eccles and Rip Sewell

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
1.66
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.03
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.61
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.41
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.58
59.58
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.31
62.31
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.58
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
3.48
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6358
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119.1
9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2101
8.92
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.49
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
748
3.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
2.7
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9101
38.65
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.37
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
4.17
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8330
35.37
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.65
38.65

Fielding Stats for Harry Eccles and Rip Sewell

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.505
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eccles and Rip Sewell

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
314.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
807
600
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
750
557.62
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
113.01
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
89.96
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
16.36
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.23
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.46
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
23.05
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.69
35.46
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
147.21
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
141.26
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
60.22
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
43.87
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
99.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
7.84
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.58
33.89
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.74
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
27.51
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
154
114.5
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
5.24
5.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
14.13
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
14.87
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.92
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.92
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100