Willie Jensen vs. Cla Meredith — Career Comparison

Willie Jensen
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cla Meredith
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Willie Jensen built a career as a starting pitcher and Cla Meredith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cla Meredith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 3.64 and 1.667 for Willie Jensen. By the career numbers, Cla Meredith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Jensen and Cla Meredith

Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.29
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.07
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.62
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
27
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
9
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
10.71
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.53
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.29
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.93
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
6
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.949
0.949
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
30.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1197
38.02
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.64
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.07
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.97
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.3
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
25.93
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1087
34.53
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.436
0.436
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.64
30.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Willie Jensen and Cla Meredith

Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
850
27
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283.1
9
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.75
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.45
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.167
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Jensen and Cla Meredith

Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
57200
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.36
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.1
-47.01
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.18
-35.89
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Willie Jensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA