Ed Eiteljorge vs. Bill Lee — Career Comparison

Ed Eiteljorge
Pre-GenerationalGermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeWashington StatesmenAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bill Lee
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Eiteljorge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 6.68 and 1.989 for Ed Eiteljorge. By the career numbers, Bill Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Eiteljorge and Bill Lee

Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.28
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.45
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.14
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
1.19
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.53
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.85
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.49
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.84
51.84
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
0.57
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.68
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1127
3.54
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
27
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8592
27
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.1
9
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2864
9
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
11.94
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2953
9.28
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.43
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.97
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
2.81
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.41
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
998
3.14
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.17
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.28
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
45.9
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12187
38.3
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.14
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
10.52
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1304
4.1
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.52
10.52
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
38.65
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11270
35.42
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.3
38.3

Fielding Stats for Ed Eiteljorge and Bill Lee

Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.29
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
27
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
9
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.86
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.57
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
883
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.29
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.43
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.556
2.556
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Eiteljorge and Bill Lee

Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
9
192.86
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
255.19
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1098
600
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
578.57
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
980
535.52
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
90.16
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
78.14
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
8.2
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.09
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.73
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
12.02
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
27.73
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.02
21.32
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
108.74
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
114.21
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
32.24
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
38.8
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
68.31
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.15
24.56
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.76
16.81
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.09
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
22.95
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
150
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
96.72
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
40.44
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
20
10.93
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.55
Ed Eiteljorge
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100