Danny Friend vs. Ralph McCabe — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ralph McCabe
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ralph McCabe built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Friend as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Friend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.561 compared to 11.25 and 1.750 for Ralph McCabe. By the career numbers, Danny Friend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Ralph McCabe

Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.04
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.52
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.52
95.52
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.71
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.27
13.27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9.98
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.36
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.06
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.98
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2506
40.88
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
6.23
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2197
35.84
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
36
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.88
40.88
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Ralph McCabe

Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.1
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
27
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
9
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.79
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.78
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.23
90.23
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Ralph McCabe

Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
600
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
564.43
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.43
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
11
26.09
Ralph McCabe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.23
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ralph McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA