Eric Gagne vs. Harlan Pyle — Career Comparison

Eric Gagne
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Harlan Pyle
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harlan Pyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Gagne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Gagne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 20.25 and 3.750 for Harlan Pyle. By the career numbers, Eric Gagne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Gagne and Harlan Pyle

Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
5.62
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.67
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.36
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.93
55.93
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.61
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
3.47
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.74
9.74
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1931
27
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643.2
9
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
7.24
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.06
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
3.16
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
10.04
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.25
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2664
37.25
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
74.25
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
3.76
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
3.75
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.34
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.45
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2366
33.08
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.25
74.25

Fielding Stats for Eric Gagne and Harlan Pyle

Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
5.62
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.67
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1931
27
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643.2
9
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.53
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.89
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.44
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.43
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.03
99.03
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.94
11.94
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Gagne and Harlan Pyle

Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
2436.36
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1200
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
521.21
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.24
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
18.04
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
115.15
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
78.79
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.3
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
42.42
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
2.85
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
151.52
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.96
3.96
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.12
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA