Oral Hildebrand vs. Steve Reed — Career Comparison

Oral Hildebrand
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Steve Reed
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Oral Hildebrand built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Reed as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Reed posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.312 compared to 4.35 and 1.477 for Oral Hildebrand. By the career numbers, Steve Reed had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Oral Hildebrand and Steve Reed

Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.62
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
8.61
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.14
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.52
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.51
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.49
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.45
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.55
51.55
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.54
70.54
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.5
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
4.35
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
3.63
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4292
27
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
2612
27
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1430.2
9
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
870.2
9
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1490
9.37
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
8.38
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.37
9.37
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.38
8.38
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.62
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.11
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
3.92
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
2.95
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.48
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
527
3.32
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
6.51
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.051
1.051
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.14
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.63
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6313
39.71
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
3662
37.85
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.32
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.04
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
781
4.91
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
3.97
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.27
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.82
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5668
35.66
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
3255
33.65
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Oral Hildebrand and Steve Reed

Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
8.61
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2612
27
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
870.2
9
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.44
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.4
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.93
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.84
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.64
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.116
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Oral Hildebrand and Steve Reed

Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
259
276.51
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
17892.86
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
562
600
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
513
547.69
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
102.49
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
85.41
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.88
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.2
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
17.08
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.34
25.98
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
12.3
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
122.78
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
121.71
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
45.91
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
53.38
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
99.29
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.35
25.99
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
5.6
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
19.22
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
50.18
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
192.86
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.96
11.96
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
33.1
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.14
Steve Reed
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oral Hildebrand
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Reed
Career
Per 600 PA