Pud Galvin vs. Tommy Greene — Career Comparison

Pud Galvin
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBuffalo BisonsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Tommy Greene
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy Greene built a career as a starting pitcher and Pud Galvin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pud Galvin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 4.14 and 1.342 for Tommy Greene. By the career numbers, Pud Galvin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pud Galvin and Tommy Greene

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
1.06
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.71
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
1.03
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.39
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
0.55
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.54
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
0.46
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.07
54.07
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.32
60.32
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.59
97.59
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.51
81.51
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
0.97
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.09
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1903
2.85
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18010
27
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6003.1
9
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6405
9.6
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
8.47
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.18
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.89
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
1.12
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
3.45
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1807
2.71
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
6.61
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.118
1.118
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.33
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.46
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.09
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25415
38.1
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2690
38.55
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.03
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3352
5.03
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.44
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.5
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.46
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24609
36.89
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
2378
34.08
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Pud Galvin and Tommy Greene

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
1.09
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.71
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.39
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19008
27
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6336
9
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
0.54
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.44
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1419
2.02
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.87
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.26
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1978
2.81
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.4
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
2.55
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.32
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.88
93.88
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.352
2.352
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.51
81.51
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.06
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pud Galvin and Tommy Greene

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
731
157.32
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
303.73
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2788
600
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2748
591.39
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
213
530.29
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
118.79
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
47
117.01
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
92.32
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
36
89.63
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
18.72
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.67
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.08
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
26.47
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154.09
33.16
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.65
43.93
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
716
154.09
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
164.32
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
592
127.4
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
146.89
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
59.83
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
20
49.79
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
47.35
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.3
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
106.1
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
35
87.14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148.41
31.94
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.18
45.27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.43
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
8.18
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
29.88
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
631
135.8
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
146.89
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
4.08
4.08
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
37.34
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.22
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tommy Greene
Career
Per 600 PA