Fred Hobgood vs. Jim Lindsey — Career Comparison

Fred Hobgood
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Jim Lindsey
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Hobgood built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Lindsey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Lindsey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.7 and WHIP 1.585 compared to 5.35 and 1.605 for Fred Hobgood. By the career numbers, Jim Lindsey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Hobgood and Jim Lindsey

Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.75
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.14
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.44
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.42
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.86
64.86
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.3
11.3
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
5.35
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
4.7
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
570
27
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
9
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
10.42
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
10.59
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
3.98
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.68
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.31
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
3.65
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.814
0.814
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
42.49
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1943
40.57
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.47
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
6.82
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
5.45
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
37.61
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
36.65
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.49
42.49
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.57
40.57

Fielding Stats for Fred Hobgood and Jim Lindsey

Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.8
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.14
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.71
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.23
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.99
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.36
89.36
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Hobgood and Jim Lindsey

Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
42
296.47
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
983.33
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
600
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
70
494.12
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
538.89
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
120
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
100
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
105.88
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
88.89
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.11
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.89
55.69
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.93
21.81
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
141.18
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
116.67
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
197.65
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
19
105.56
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
91.76
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.33
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.33
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
169.41
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
12
66.67
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
67.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.83
21.3
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
23
127.78
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
85
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.7
4.7
Fred Hobgood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
4
28.24
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
55.56
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Hobgood
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA