Bill Kissinger vs. Preacher Roe — Career Comparison

Bill Kissinger
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Preacher Roe
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Preacher Roe built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kissinger as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Preacher Roe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 6.99 and 1.951 for Bill Kissinger. By the career numbers, Preacher Roe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kissinger and Preacher Roe

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.49
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.57
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.23
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.6
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.7
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.39
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.88
21.88
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.38
60.38
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.47
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
6.99
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
3.43
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.99
6.99
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
958
27
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5743
27
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
319.1
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1914.1
9
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
14.09
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
8.97
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.09
14.09
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.94
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
3.47
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
2.37
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.72
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
956
4.49
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.763
0.763
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1568
44.19
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7904
37.16
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.2
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
9.64
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
3.76
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.951
1.951
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1421
40.05
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7383
34.71
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Kissinger and Preacher Roe

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.44
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
47.57
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
27
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
9
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.75
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
12.86
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.98
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
42.14
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
3.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
56.43
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
2.73
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
55
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.9
87.9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.156
1.156
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kissinger and Preacher Roe

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
72
196.36
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
333
277.12
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
220
600
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
583.64
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
515.95
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
163.64
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
56.59
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
120
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
53.26
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
35.45
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.5
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.18
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
43.64
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.33
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.13
60.35
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
11.64
9.69
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
215.45
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
74
61.58
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
171.82
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
88.21
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
65.45
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
30.79
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
70.91
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
23.3
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.36
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
53.26
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.28
68.93
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.64
-3.87
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.18
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
31.62
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
57.27
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
215
178.92
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.48
10.48
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
3.35
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.18
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
52.43
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.83
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA