Claude Hayslett vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Claude Hayslett
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Hayslett built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 5.13 and 1.614 for Claude Hayslett. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Hayslett and Bob James

Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.22
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.51
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
10.42
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.949
0.949
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
43.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
7.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.18
7.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.37
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.6
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.614
1.614
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
37.77
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.58
43.58
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Claude Hayslett and Bob James

Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.62
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.23
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.41
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.96
86.96
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Hayslett and Bob James

Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
14
300
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.74
15.79
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
107.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.66
14.23
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hayslett
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA