Ed Heusser vs. Ben Weber — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationUtahThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAnaheim AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Heusser built a career as a starting pitcher and Ben Weber as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Heusser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.77 and 1.514 for Ben Weber. By the career numbers, Ed Heusser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Heusser and Ben Weber

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
2.2
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
7.23
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.86
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.46
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.6
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.55
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.53
45.53
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.37
70.37
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.41
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
3.69
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
3.77
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
27
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
852
27
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1087
9
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
9
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1167
9.66
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
9.67
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.48
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
3.33
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.63
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
2.48
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.13
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.551
0.551
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4644
38.45
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1229
38.95
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.75
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.09
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
528
4.37
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.21
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.08
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4331
35.86
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1102
34.92
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.95
38.95

Fielding Stats for Ed Heusser and Ben Weber

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
7.23
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
852
27
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
9
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.48
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.58
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.19
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.06
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.49
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.2
94.2
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.955
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Heusser and Ben Weber

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
439.67
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
228
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
600
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
553.72
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
114.05
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
90.91
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.22
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
23.14
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.21
36.71
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
152.07
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
138.84
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
52.89
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
39.67
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
87.6
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.28
36.83
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
24.79
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
91
150.41
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
3.99
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
21.49
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.61
Ben Weber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Weber
Career
Per 600 PA