Fred Heimach vs. Harry Jordan — Career Comparison

Fred Heimach
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Jordan
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Heimach built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Jordan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Jordan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.615 compared to 4.46 and 1.451 for Fred Heimach. By the career numbers, Harry Jordan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Heimach and Harry Jordan

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.07
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.89
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.48
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.33
47.33
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.91
42.91
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.39
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
4.46
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.15
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3866
27
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288.2
9
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1510
10.55
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
11.77
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.55
10.55
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.45
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.51
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.77
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
2.33
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.539
0.539
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5674
39.63
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
41.19
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.73
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
5.27
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
7.62
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.451
1.451
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5287
36.92
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
37.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.19
41.19

Fielding Stats for Fred Heimach and Harry Jordan

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
9
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.08
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.09
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Heimach and Harry Jordan

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
376.79
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
600
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
554.95
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
131.06
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
107.51
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.36
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.12
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.07
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.55
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.41
46.5
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
31
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
165.87
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
159.73
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
59.39
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
50.17
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
106.48
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.08
52.3
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
37.8
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
28.67
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
100.34
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
5.98
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16.38
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Harry Jordan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Jordan
Career
Per 600 PA