Bob Friend vs. Eddie Matteson — Career Comparison

Bob Friend
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Eddie Matteson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Eddie Matteson posted a stronger line than Bob Friend. Eddie Matteson posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.36 vs 3.58) and WHIP (1.218 vs 1.324). By the career numbers, Eddie Matteson 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 Friend and Eddie Matteson

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
1.5
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.08
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
1.24
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.64
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
0.49
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.57
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.14
46.14
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.56
82.56
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.41
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.09
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1438
3.58
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.36
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10833
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3611
9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3772
9.4
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
8.24
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
0.71
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
2.23
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
2.72
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.29
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
4.32
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.22
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.728
0.728
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.661
0.661
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.12
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15214
37.92
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
35.81
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.14
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.86
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1652
4.12
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.51
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.292
1.292
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14274
35.58
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
32.94
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.92
37.92
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.81
35.81

Fielding Stats for Bob Friend and Eddie Matteson

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
1.74
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.24
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9315
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3105
9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.66
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.83
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
2.57
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.49
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.95
96.95
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.1
71.1
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.12
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Friend and Eddie Matteson

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
278.49
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
424.39
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1297
600
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
525.98
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
63.84
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
54.59
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
73.17
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
7.4
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
9.25
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.81
11.02
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
14.32
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
75.87
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
102.44
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
81.42
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
25.91
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
27.76
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
52.74
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
58.54
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.22
-3.34
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.82
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
17.58
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
375
173.48
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.46
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
55.51
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
14
6.48
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA