Jim Fairbank vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Jim Fairbank
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Fairbank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 5.49 and 1.878 for Jim Fairbank. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Fairbank and Claude Passeau

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.54
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
11.41
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.41
11.41
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.51
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.65
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
42.8
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.15
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
36.88
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.8
42.8
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Jim Fairbank and Claude Passeau

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.54
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.429
3.429
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Fairbank and Claude Passeau

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
255.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
982
561.14
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
4.37
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149
85.14
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.62
-22.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100