Nat Hudson vs. Tex Pruiett — Career Comparison

Nat Hudson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Tex Pruiett
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tex Pruiett built a career as a starting pitcher and Nat Hudson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tex Pruiett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.296 compared to 3.08 and 1.188 for Nat Hudson. By the career numbers, Tex Pruiett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nat Hudson and Tex Pruiett

Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.11
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.86
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.01
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.89
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.62
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.34
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.7
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.86
64.86
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.92
47.92
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.93
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
3.08
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.83
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2083
27
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
694.1
9
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
8.67
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
8.56
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.19
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.02
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.1
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.34
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.18
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.596
0.596
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.697
0.697
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.36
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2925
37.91
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
36.57
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.85
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.94
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
3.99
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2744
35.57
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
854
33.08
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.91
37.91
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.57
36.57

Fielding Stats for Nat Hudson and Tex Pruiett

Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.2
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.85
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3054
27
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1018
9
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.51
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
0.99
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
3.28
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.69
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.02
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
2.5
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.63
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.38
90.38
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.081
2.081
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.958
1.958
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.92
47.92
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nat Hudson and Tex Pruiett

Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
155.28
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
400
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
600
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
554.04
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
558.33
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
136.65
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
9
75
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
111.8
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
7
58.33
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.39
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.73
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.73
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
24.84
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.93
58.3
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
17.85
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
172.67
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
11
91.67
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
182.61
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
13
108.33
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.616
0.616
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
69.57
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
72.05
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
137.89
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52.08
64.7
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.89
7.42
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.48
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
43.48
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.33
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
63.35
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
141.67
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.47
9.47
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
4.24
4.24
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
0.69
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.91
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.91
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tex Pruiett
Career
Per 600 PA