Ed Gerner vs. Harlan Pyle — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harlan Pyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Gerner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Gerner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.471 compared to 20.25 and 3.750 for Harlan Pyle. By the career numbers, Ed Gerner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Gerner and Harlan Pyle

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.18
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.74
9.74
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
11.65
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.65
11.65
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
39.18
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
74.25
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.12
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.29
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
36.53
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.25
74.25

Fielding Stats for Ed Gerner and Harlan Pyle

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.6
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Gerner and Harlan Pyle

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
40.55
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
33.28
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Harlan Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harlan Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA