Lou Fette vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Lou Fette
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Lou Fette and Bill James are fairly close on the surface numbers. Lou Fette had the edge in WHIP (1.311 vs 1.431). By the career numbers, Lou Fette 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 Lou Fette and Bill James

Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.55
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.26
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.12
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.52
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.54
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.62
50.62
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.99
88.99
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.66
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
3.2
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
658
8.57
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
8.47
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
3.23
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
2.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
3.11
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2905
37.84
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4958
37.83
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.22
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.69
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
4.26
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2646
34.46
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.84
37.84
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Lou Fette and Bill James

Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.03
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.798
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Fette and Bill James

Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
110
258.82
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
294.92
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
255
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
555.29
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
103.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
74.09
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
91.76
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.92
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.72
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.71
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.45
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.76
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.17
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.12
19.12
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.08
19
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
120
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
85.71
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
49
115.29
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.68
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
10
23.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
35.29
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
12
17.43
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
58.82
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.75
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.52
15.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.26
13.45
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.76
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
68.24
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
138
200.48
Lou Fette
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.79
8.79
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
14
32.94
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
10
23.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Lou Fette
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33