Pud Galvin vs. Chris Hammond — Career Comparison

Pud Galvin
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBuffalo BisonsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Chris Hammond
Gen XGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chris Hammond 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 1.408 for Chris Hammond. 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 Chris Hammond

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
1.06
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.53
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
1.03
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.09
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
0.55
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.53
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
0.46
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.5
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.07
54.07
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.56
51.56
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.59
97.59
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.84
30.84
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
0.97
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.09
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1903
2.85
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
4.14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18010
27
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3371
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6003.1
9
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1123.2
9
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6405
9.6
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
9.32
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.18
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.84
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
1.12
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
3.1
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.26
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1807
2.71
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.7
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.33
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.09
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25415
38.1
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4821
38.61
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.03
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.54
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3352
5.03
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
4.58
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.43
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.26
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.87
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24609
36.89
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4317
34.58
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Pud Galvin and Chris Hammond

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
1.09
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.53
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.09
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19008
27
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3371
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6336
9
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1123.2
9
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
0.54
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1419
2.02
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.37
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.26
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1978
2.81
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
1.88
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
2.55
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.75
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.352
2.352
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.497
0.497
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.84
30.84
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.06
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pud Galvin and Chris Hammond

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
731
157.32
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
444
931.47
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2788
600
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
286
600
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2748
591.39
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
238
499.3
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.626
0.626
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
118.79
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
92.32
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
36
75.52
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
18.72
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
7
14.69
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.67
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.1
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.08
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
26.47
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
12
25.17
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154.09
33.16
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.68
45.48
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
716
154.09
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
69
144.76
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
592
127.4
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
159.44
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
59.83
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
62.94
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
47.35
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
14
29.37
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
106.1
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
40
83.92
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
148.41
31.94
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.33
46.84
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.43
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
8.18
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
631
135.8
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
201.4
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
39.86
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.22
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA