Danny Friend vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan 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. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.71 and 1.561 for Danny Friend. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Doc Scanlan

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.3
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.52
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.47
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.32
82.32
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.73
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.71
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9.98
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.36
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.06
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2506
40.88
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
6.23
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2197
35.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.88
40.88
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Doc Scanlan

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
564
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.79
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.78
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.44
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.29
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.23
90.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Doc Scanlan

Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
253
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
100.21
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
83.51
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
14.13
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.57
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
16.7
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.71
33.03
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
119.49
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
145.18
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.97
34.64
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
5.77
5.77
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.23
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.14
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100