Steve Engel vs. Harley Parker — Career Comparison

Steve Engel
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Engel built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Engel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.57 and WHIP 1.703 compared to 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. By the career numbers, Steve Engel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Engel and Harley Parker

Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.92
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.39
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.94
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.57
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
10.63
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.63
10.63
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.53
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.61
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
5.05
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
41.28
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.7
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
35.71
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.28
41.28
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14

Fielding Stats for Steve Engel and Harley Parker

Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.92
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.39
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Engel and Harley Parker

Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
347.37
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
600
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
16
505.26
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.711
0.711
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.654
0.654
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
70.76
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.46
59.59
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
189.47
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
189.47
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
184.62
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.646
0.646
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.692
0.692
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
55.38
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
120
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
68.15
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
2.71
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Steve Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA