Ken Frailing vs. Willie Jefferson — Career Comparison

Ken Frailing
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Jefferson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willie Jefferson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Frailing as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Jefferson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 3.96 and 1.585 for Ken Frailing. By the career numbers, Willie Jefferson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Frailing and Willie Jefferson

Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.49
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.04
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.5
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.66
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.54
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.7
69.7
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.77
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.96
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.94
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
10.39
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
9.89
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.38
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.94
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.61
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
4.84
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.999
0.999
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
972
40.07
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737
39.12
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.99
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
5.13
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.56
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.7
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
870
35.86
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
36.44
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Ken Frailing and Willie Jefferson

Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.52
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.04
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.74
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.65
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.62
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
2.47
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.25
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
2.39
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.13
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.25
96.25
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
68
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Frailing and Willie Jefferson

Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1457.14
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
77
241.88
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
562.3
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
103.66
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.85
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
27.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
46.28
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
175.92
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
11
134.69
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
147.64
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
53.4
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
65.97
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
113.09
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
2.95
36.11
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.26
51.07
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.42
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
11
134.69
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
21.99
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75