Wally Gilbert vs. Harry Spilman — Career Comparison

Wally Gilbert
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueThird Baseman
Harry Spilman
Baby BoomersGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueUnknown

Looking at the career totals, Wally Gilbert and Harry Spilman are closely matched on the surface stats. Wally Gilbert posted stronger numbers in on-base percentage (.322 vs .312) and batting average (.269 vs .237). Harry Spilman had the advantage in home run production (18 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Wally Gilbert had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Wally Gilbert and Harry Spilman

Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
591
138.62
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
563
372.85
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2558
600
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
906
600
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2317
543.47
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
810
536.42
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.689
0.689
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.675
0.675
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
146.36
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
192
127.15
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
488
114.46
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
139
92.05
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
26.27
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
34
22.52
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
3.99
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.66
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.64
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
11.92
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
31.9
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
35.1
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
267.52
62.75
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
90.01
59.61
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
791
185.54
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
282
186.75
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
803
188.35
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
276
182.78
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.654
0.654
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.578
0.578
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
301
70.6
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
96
63.58
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
50.2
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
117
77.48
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
508
119.16
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
195
129.14
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302.63
70.98
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
92.65
61.36
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
3.99
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.99
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
38
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
53.64
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.3
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
131
30.73
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
83.44
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.53
19.53
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
1.24
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.99
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.96
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
15
9.93
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
4.93
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.66
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.32
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
4.93
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.99
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33

Fielding Stats for Wally Gilbert and Harry Spilman

Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.68
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.89
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3367
27
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1122.1
9
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
512
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1017
8.16
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1157
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.71
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1763
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1118
8.97
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1669
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1106
8.87
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.67
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.93
98.93
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.843
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.267
5.267
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.86
52.86
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.59
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harry Spilman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Wally Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Spilman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01