Doc Landis vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Doc Landis
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Doc Landis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.36 and 1.326 for Doc Landis. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Landis and Dick Matthews

Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.27
29.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1077
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
10.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.7
10.7
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.23
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.92
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
39.91
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
6.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.326
1.326
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1543
38.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Doc Landis and Dick Matthews

Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
2.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.26
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2.91
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.09
89.09
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Landis and Dick Matthews

Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
167.37
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
590.53
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
97.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.68
17.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
104.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
110.53
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
34.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
34.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.53
14.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA