Tony Faeth vs. Al Widmar — Career Comparison

Tony Faeth
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Widmar
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Widmar built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Faeth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Faeth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 5.21 and 1.640 for Al Widmar. By the career numbers, Tony Faeth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Faeth and Al Widmar

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.95
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
2.64
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.97
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.3
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.7
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.23
30.23
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.28
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.7
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
5.21
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388.1
9
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
9.14
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
10.68
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.95
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.23
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
4.08
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.36
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
3.31
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.822
0.822
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
37.8
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1770
41.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.49
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.78
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
5.65
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
31.36
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1589
36.83
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02

Fielding Stats for Tony Faeth and Al Widmar

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.07
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.526
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.939
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Faeth and Al Widmar

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1140
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
560.66
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
526.23
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
88.52
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
68.85
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.67
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.67
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
21.77
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
122.95
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
19.67
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.43
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
54.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-37.83
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
16.6
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
240
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
181.97
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.3
3.3
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
39.34
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Widmar
Career
Per 600 PA