Pete Fries vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Pete Fries
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus BuckeyesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Fries 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 6.48 and 1.920 for Pete Fries. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Fries and Doc Scanlan

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.3
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.32
82.32
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.73
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.48
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.24
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.24
12.24
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
608
4.37
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.52
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.88
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
45.36
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.16
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
40.32
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Pete Fries and Doc Scanlan

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.46
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.73
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Fries and Doc Scanlan

Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
534.48
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.867
0.867
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
100.21
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
14.13
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.7
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
103.46
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.71
33.03
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
119.49
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
145.18
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
59.1
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
100.39
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.97
34.64
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
43.68
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100