Fred Klages vs. Emil Kush — Career Comparison

Fred Klages
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Emil Kush
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Klages built a career as a starting pitcher and Emil Kush as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Klages posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 3.48 and 1.392 for Emil Kush. By the career numbers, Fred Klages had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Klages and Emil Kush

Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.09
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.9
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.79
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.55
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.28
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.48
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1039
27
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346.1
9
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
7.76
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
8.42
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.62
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.43
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
4.11
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.43
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.9
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.26
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
37.14
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1481
38.49
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.03
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.43
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
3.79
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.392
1.392
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
33.56
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1313
34.12
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Fred Klages and Emil Kush

Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.09
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.79
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
27
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.1
9
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.64
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.64
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Klages and Emil Kush

Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
15
473.68
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
1058.82
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
18
568.42
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
578.82
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
127.06
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
14.18
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.34
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
155.29
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
148.24
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
56.47
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.18
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
6.06
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
40.59
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
315.79
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.08
7.08
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Klages
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Klages
Career
Per 600 PA
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA