Claude Hendrix vs. Abner Powell — Career Comparison

Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Abner Powell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher

Claude Hendrix built a career as a starting pitcher and Abner Powell 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 and 1.295 for Abner Powell. 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 Abner Powell

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.37
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
0.98
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.07
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.55
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.44
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.39
71.39
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
0.7
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.95
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
4
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
628
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
209.1
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2123
8.06
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
9.33
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.16
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.21
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
2.65
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.32
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
4.14
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
4.17
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.754
0.754
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.19
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
39.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.31
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.45
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
7.35
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.295
1.295
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8905
33.8
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
37.02
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Claude Hendrix and Abner Powell

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.2
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1941
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.18
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.49
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.94
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.45
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.41
83.41
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.047
2.047
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Hendrix and Abner Powell

Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
255.15
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
78
150
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
990
600
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
312
600
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
922
558.79
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
304
584.62
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.635
0.635
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
222
134.55
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
150
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
92.12
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
111.54
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
23.64
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
10.3
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.46
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
38.46
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
29.01
55.79
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
105
201.92
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
160.61
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
86
165.38
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.621
0.621
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
71.52
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
101.92
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
58.79
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
15
28.85
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
121.82
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
130.77
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102.55
62.15
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33.11
63.68
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.42
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.38
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
168
101.82
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.89
5.89
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
15.15
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
5.45
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.69
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
5.45
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.69
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100