Pud Galvin vs. Eric Show — Career Comparison

Pud Galvin
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBuffalo BisonsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Eric Show
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Show 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 3.66 and 1.320 for Eric Show. 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 Eric Show

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
1.06
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.81
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
1.03
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.28
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
0.55
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.55
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
0.46
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.48
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.07
54.07
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.16
53.16
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.59
97.59
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.78
70.78
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
0.97
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.19
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.09
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1903
2.85
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
673
3.66
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18010
27
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
4965
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6003.1
9
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
9
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6405
9.6
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1526
8.3
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.18
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.93
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
1.12
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
610
3.32
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1807
2.71
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
971
5.28
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.33
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.2
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.09
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.25
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.12
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25415
38.1
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
6968
37.89
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.03
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3352
5.03
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
4.02
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.46
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.23
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.64
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.291
1.291
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24609
36.89
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
6184
33.63
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.89
37.89

Fielding Stats for Pud Galvin and Eric Show

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
1.09
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.81
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.28
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19008
27
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
4965
27
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6336
9
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
9
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
0.54
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.4
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1419
2.02
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.12
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.26
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1978
2.81
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
1.65
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
2.55
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
1.52
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.85
90.85
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.352
2.352
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.78
70.78
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.06
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pud Galvin and Eric Show

Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
731
157.32
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PAverified
333
360.65
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2788
600
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
554
600
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2748
591.39
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
506
548.01
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
118.79
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
81
87.73
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
92.32
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
67
72.56
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
18.72
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.67
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.08
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
26.47
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
14
15.16
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154.09
33.16
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
17.92
19.41
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
716
154.09
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
103
111.55
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
592
127.4
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
88
95.31
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
59.83
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
33
35.74
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
47.35
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
28
30.32
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
106.1
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
57
61.73
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148.41
31.94
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
8.55
9.26
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.43
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.25
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
8.18
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
631
135.8
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
193.86
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
43.32
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.22
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.58
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
4.95
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pud Galvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA