Tom Funk vs. Nels Potter — Career Comparison

Tom Funk
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Nels Potter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Nels Potter built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Funk as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nels Potter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.366 compared to 6.48 and 1.920 for Tom Funk. By the career numbers, Nels Potter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Funk and Nels Potter

Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.86
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.94
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.49
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.52
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.68
48.68
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.72
50.72
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.48
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
3.99
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5058
27
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1686
9
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
10.8
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1721
9.19
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.19
9.19
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.66
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
3.11
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.16
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
3.99
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.788
0.788
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
38.69
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.67
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
4.5
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
37.8
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6645
35.47
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Tom Funk and Nels Potter

Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
27
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
9
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.08
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.08
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.74
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.161
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Funk and Nels Potter

Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
4800
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
352
337.38
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
626
600
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
562
538.66
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
122.68
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
108.31
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
14.38
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
14.38
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.96
34.47
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
137.06
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
157.19
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
23.96
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
35.46
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
59.42
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.78
41
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
33.55
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
47.92
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.52
12.52
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
26.84
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
13.42
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Funk
Career
Per 600 PA
Nels Potter
Career
Per 600 PA