Tony Fossas vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Tony Fossas
Baby BoomersCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Fossas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.9 and 1.564 for Tony Fossas. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Fossas and Doc Scanlan

Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
12.28
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.52
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
3.9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
9.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
3.9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.78
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
7.02
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
4.2
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1842
39.88
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.23
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
4.57
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.58
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.91
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1616
34.99
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Tony Fossas and Doc Scanlan

Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
12.28
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.65
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
2.32
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
2.08
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.72
89.72
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.169
0.169
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Fossas and Doc Scanlan

Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
567
340200
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
181
232.55
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
59.1
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-260
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Tony Fossas
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100