Danny Friend vs. Fred Mitchell — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Mitchell
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Mitchell 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. Fred Mitchell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 4.71 and 1.561 for Danny Friend. By the career numbers, Fred Mitchell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Fred Mitchell

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.22
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.04
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.08
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.52
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.39
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.63
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.66
88.66
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.89
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.71
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2155
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718.1
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9.98
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
10.1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.36
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
4.06
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.8
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.71
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.43
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.66
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2506
40.88
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3172
39.74
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
6.23
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
5.89
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2197
35.84
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2816
35.28
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.88
40.88
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Fred Mitchell

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.23
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.64
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
564
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.72
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
2.84
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.79
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.12
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
2.78
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
5.32
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
2.51
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.96
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.23
90.23
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.26
93.26
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.275
2.275
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.048
4.048
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.13
52.13
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.12
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Fred Mitchell

Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
198.69
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
253
600
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
610
600
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
572
562.62
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
118.03
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
95.41
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
15.74
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
6.89
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
22.62
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.91
38.27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
147.54
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
144.59
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.508
0.508
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
54.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.43
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.15
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
105.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41.68
41
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.92
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
21.64
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
92
90.49
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
6.63
6.63
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.23
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.82
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.11
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.11
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100