Harry Eccles vs. Elmer Steele — Career Comparison

Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elmer Steele
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elmer Steele 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. Elmer Steele posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.41 and WHIP 1.041 compared to 4.71 and 1.143 for Harry Eccles. By the career numbers, Elmer Steele had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eccles and Elmer Steele

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.61
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.93
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.39
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.52
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.33
57.33
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.41
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1254
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
7.9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.9
7.9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.57
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.46
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
3.17
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.514
0.514
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
34.71
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596
34.36
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.52
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.49
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.041
1.041
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
32.73
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.71
34.71
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.36
34.36

Fielding Stats for Harry Eccles and Elmer Steele

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.95
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
687
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.14
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.27
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
6.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
6.41
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.45
96.45
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.173
2.173
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eccles and Elmer Steele

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
294.12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
556.86
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
70.59
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
62.75
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.03
15.82
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
78.43
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
101.96
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
50.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.45
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
78.43
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.01
3.97
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.53
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
47
184.31
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
3.26
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100