Ed Green vs. Gil Patterson — Career Comparison

Ed Green
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Gil Patterson
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gil Patterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Green as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gil Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.770 compared to 5.8 and 1.890 for Ed Green. By the career numbers, Gil Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Green and Gil Patterson

Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.18
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.7
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.04
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.33
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
88
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.94
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
5.8
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.4
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573
27
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
9
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
12.58
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
10.26
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.58
12.58
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.26
10.26
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
4.43
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.64
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.83
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.785
0.785
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.9
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
43.96
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
42.12
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
8.67
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.4
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
39.25
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
35.37
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.96
43.96
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.12
42.12

Fielding Stats for Ed Green and Gil Patterson

Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.15
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.7
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
936
27
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
9
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.95
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.42
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.62
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.78
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.24
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
3.38
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.97
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.31
89.31
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Green and Gil Patterson

Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
164.79
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
600
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
532.39
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
63.38
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.45
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
25.25
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
76.06
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
130.99
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
63.38
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.13
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
84.51
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
19.36
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.68
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
54.93
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.58
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.58
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA