Pete Fries vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Pete Fries
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus BuckeyesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance 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. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 6.48 and 1.920 for Pete Fries. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Fries and Dazzy Vance

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
1.34
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
1.05
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.51
78.51
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
0.66
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.48
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.24
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.24
12.24
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.52
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.88
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.23
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
45.36
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.16
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
40.32
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Pete Fries and Dazzy Vance

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.46
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.73
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.7
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Fries and Dazzy Vance

Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
238.49
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
971
523.92
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.867
0.867
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
78.78
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
62.05
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
12.41
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
16.73
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
103.46
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.63
25.7
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
103.6
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
125.18
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
36.69
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
100.39
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.96
20.48
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
42.63
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100