Roy Face vs. Harry Sullivan — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Harry Sullivan
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Sullivan built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 36 and 6.000 for Harry Sullivan. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Harry Sullivan

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
848
5.55
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.81
42.81
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
8.82
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.92
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
5.74
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
90
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
54
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5315
34.79
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
72
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Harry Sullivan

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
848
6.07
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
2.36
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.373
0.373
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Harry Sullivan

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1200
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
543.93
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
13.82
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.52
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
5.73
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Harry Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA