Claude Hendrix vs. Bill Popp — Career Comparison

Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Popp
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Hendrix built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Popp as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Hendrix posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 4.92 and 1.873 for Bill Popp. By the career numbers, Claude Hendrix had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bill Popp

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.37
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.34
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
0.98
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.04
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.55
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.44
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.39
71.39
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
0.7
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.92
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2123
8.06
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
12.98
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.98
12.98
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.16
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.65
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
3.88
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
4.14
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.98
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.754
0.754
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.19
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.75
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
43.11
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.31
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.45
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
8.95
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.873
1.873
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8905
33.8
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
38.49
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.11
43.11

Fielding Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bill Popp

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.35
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.85
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.45
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.15
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bill Popp

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
255.15
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
990
600
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
922
558.79
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
21
547.83
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
134.55
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
92.12
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.3
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
1.1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
160.61
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
71.52
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
58.79
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
121.82
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.55
62.15
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.45
-37.75
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.42
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PAverified
168
101.82
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
208.7
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.89
5.89
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
15.15
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA