Carlos Frias vs. Willard Mains — Career Comparison

Carlos Frias
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willard Mains
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati Kelly's KillersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Carlos Frias built a career as a starting pitcher and Willard Mains as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willard Mains posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.550 compared to 4.5 and 1.395 for Carlos Frias. By the career numbers, Willard Mains had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carlos Frias and Willard Mains

Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.61
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.41
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.18
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.08
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.57
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.48
48.48
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.81
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.5
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.53
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
803
27
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267.2
9
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
9.71
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
8.78
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.87
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.68
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
5.18
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.92
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.23
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.92
5.92
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.956
0.956
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.934
0.934
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.57
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.5
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
38.29
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
40.99
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.71
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.74
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
6.42
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
34.74
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
35.31
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.29
38.29
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.99
40.99

Fielding Stats for Carlos Frias and Willard Mains

Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.61
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.43
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.18
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.42
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.03
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.64
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.45
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
3.1
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.45
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.84
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.58
91.58
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.939
0.939
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carlos Frias and Willard Mains

Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
618.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
207.69
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
29
543.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
572.31
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
147.69
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
115.38
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
2.13
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.05
60.24
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
198.46
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
175.38
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.639
0.639
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
143.08
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.75
-32.72
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
67.42
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.69
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
64.62
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1.88
1.88
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.29
9.29
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
Willard Mains
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100