Duke Esper vs. Charley Hall — Career Comparison

Duke Esper
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Charley Hall
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Charley Hall built a career as a starting pitcher and Duke Esper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charley Hall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 4.39 and 1.573 for Duke Esper. By the career numbers, Charley Hall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Duke Esper and Charley Hall

Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.23
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.86
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.03
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.53
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.53
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.52
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.47
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.25
50.25
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.47
53.47
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.9
83.9
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.55
42.55
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.79
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
4.39
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.09
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5183
27
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2729
27
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1727.2
9
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.2
9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
10.67
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
821
8.12
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.24
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.16
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
3.49
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
3.87
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
2.36
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
4.22
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.899
0.899
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.38
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7824
40.76
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3754
37.14
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.88
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1196
6.23
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
4.32
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7123
37.11
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3325
32.9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Duke Esper and Charley Hall

Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
1.23
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.89
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.89
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5205
27
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1341
27
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1735
9
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
9
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.35
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.11
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.98
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
5.05
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.4
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
2.46
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
6.56
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
2.33
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
6.16
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.53
94.53
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
93.87
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.887
1.887
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.586
1.586
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.8
22.8
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Duke Esper and Charley Hall

Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
183.21
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
307.28
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
786
600
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
412
600
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
739
564.12
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
371
540.29
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.562
0.562
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
135.88
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
73
106.31
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
107.63
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
52
75.73
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
19.85
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
9
6.87
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.11
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
28.24
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
30.58
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
51.08
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
27.19
39.59
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
174.05
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
107
155.83
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
169.47
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
95
138.35
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
66.41
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
32
46.6
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
63.36
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
40
58.25
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
128.24
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
70
101.94
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.9
57.18
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
27.45
39.97
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.05
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.28
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
30.53
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
17
24.76
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
72.52
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
135.44
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
8.27
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
4.43
4.43
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.29
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.67
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.29
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.46
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charley Hall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.29
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.37
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Charley Hall
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33