Bill Evans vs. Alto Lane — Career Comparison

Bill Evans
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alto Lane
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alto Lane built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Evans as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alto Lane posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.29 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.98 and 1.708 for Bill Evans. By the career numbers, Alto Lane had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Evans and Alto Lane

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.55
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.26
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.98
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.29
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.72
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9.19
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.48
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.66
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
5.32
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.979
0.979
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.25
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
40.29
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
39.29
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.82
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.16
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.06
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
33.65
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
34.45
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.29
40.29
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29

Fielding Stats for Bill Evans and Alto Lane

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.55
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.26
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
9
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.94
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.13
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.94
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Evans and Alto Lane

Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
1560
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
252.63
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
568.42
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
142.11
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
60.14
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
205.26
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
173.68
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
110.53
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
61.64
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Alto Lane
Career
Per 600 PA