Bob Feller vs. Tom Seaver — Career Comparison

Bob Feller
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Tom Seaver posted a stronger line than Bob Feller. Tom Seaver posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.86 vs 3.25) and WHIP (1.145 vs 1.317). By the career numbers, Tom Seaver had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Feller and Tom Seaver

Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
1.34
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
1.14
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.63
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
0.59
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.38
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
0.39
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.15
62.15
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.27
60.27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.91
84.91
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.66
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
0.43
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.1
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.11
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1384
3.25
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1521
2.86
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.228
0.228
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
11481
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3827
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3271
7.69
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3971
7.47
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.53
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
0.72
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1764
4.15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1390
2.62
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.22
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2581
6.07
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3640
6.85
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.135
1.135
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.052
1.052
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.18
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.24
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.14
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.14
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16180
38.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19369
36.45
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.12
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
3.66
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
3.15
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.27
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.18
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.39
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14356
33.76
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17666
33.24
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Bob Feller and Tom Seaver

Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
18.26
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.09
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
843
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
4.68
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
0.62
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
16.33
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.3
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.8
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
21.81
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
21.01
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1020
1.92
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.151
1.151
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.1
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Feller and Tom Seaver

Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
570
230.3
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
677
261.73
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
1485
600
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1282
517.98
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1315
508.38
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
193
77.98
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
78.09
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
144
58.18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
60.7
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
11.31
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
28
10.82
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.25
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.93
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
8
3.23
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.64
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
19.8
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
45
17.4
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
62.65
25.32
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.91
25.48
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
271
109.49
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
276
106.7
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
296
119.6
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
121.39
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
40
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
99
38.27
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
40
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
86
33.25
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
76.77
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
173
66.88
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
46.8
18.91
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.4
19.87
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.21
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
100
40.4
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
505
204.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
485
187.5
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
2.94
2.94
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
100
40.4
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
46.78
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
6.06
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.51
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.4
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Bob Feller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.81
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.21
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Bob Feller
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100