Al Lawson vs. Fred Mitchell — Career Comparison

Al Lawson
Pre-GenerationalEnglandThrows RightBats RightEuropePittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Mitchell
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Mitchell built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Lawson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Mitchell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 6.63 and 2.158 for Al Lawson. By the career numbers, Fred Mitchell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Lawson and Fred Mitchell

Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.42
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.22
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.42
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.08
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.39
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.63
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.27
38.27
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.66
88.66
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.89
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.63
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.1
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2155
27
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718.1
9
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
12.79
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
10.1
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.79
12.79
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.2
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.63
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.8
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.71
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.43
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.66
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
46.42
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3172
39.74
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
12.79
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
5.89
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.79
12.79
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.158
2.158
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
39.79
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2816
35.28
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.42
46.42
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Al Lawson and Fred Mitchell

Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.42
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.23
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.64
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
2.84
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.37
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
2.12
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.32
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
5.32
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.37
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.96
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.26
93.26
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.048
4.048
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.13
52.13
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31

Hitting Stats for Al Lawson and Fred Mitchell

Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
198.69
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
610
600
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
562.62
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
118.03
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
95.41
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.74
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.89
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.62
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.91
38.27
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
147.54
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
144.59
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
54.1
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.15
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
105.25
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-27.31
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.68
41
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.92
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
21.64
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
90.49
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.82
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100