Joe Houser vs. Clarence Pickrel — Career Comparison

Joe Houser
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBuffalo BluesFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clarence Pickrel
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Houser built a career as a starting pitcher and Clarence Pickrel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clarence Pickrel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.55 and WHIP 1.820 compared to 5.48 and 1.783 for Joe Houser. By the career numbers, Clarence Pickrel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Houser and Clarence Pickrel

Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.74
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.76
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.55
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.22
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
13.35
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.35
13.35
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
7.83
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.03
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.55
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
42.47
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.94
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
6.26
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.85
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.783
1.783
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
39.13
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.386
0.386
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47

Fielding Stats for Joe Houser and Clarence Pickrel

Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.053
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Houser and Clarence Pickrel

Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
8
685.71
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
3800
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
10.96
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-1.16
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Pickrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Houser
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Pickrel
Career
Per 600 PA