Ed Edelen vs. Claude Hendrix — Career Comparison

Ed Edelen
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Claude Hendrix built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Edelen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Hendrix posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 27 and 6.000 for Ed Edelen. By the career numbers, Claude Hendrix had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Edelen and Claude Hendrix

Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.37
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.98
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.55
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.44
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.39
71.39
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.7
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.58
17.58
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
21
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2123
8.06
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.16
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
54
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.65
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
54
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
4.14
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.754
0.754
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.19
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
90
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.31
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.45
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
36
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8905
33.8
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63

Fielding Stats for Ed Edelen and Claude Hendrix

Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Edelen and Claude Hendrix

Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
255.15
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
990
600
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
922
558.79
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
134.55
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
92.12
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.3
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
160.61
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
71.52
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
58.79
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
121.82
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.55
62.15
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.42
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
168
101.82
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.89
5.89
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
15.15
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Ed Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100