Bob Lawson vs. Carl Sitton — Career Comparison

Bob Lawson
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Sitton
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Sitton built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Lawson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Sitton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 3.66 and 1.644 for Bob Lawson. By the career numbers, Carl Sitton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Lawson and Carl Sitton

Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.37
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.52
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.92
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.9
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.76
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.66
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.88
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
27
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
9
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
10.07
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
4.73
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.88
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.59
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.88
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.76
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
41.34
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
37.44
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.26
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
5.95
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.96
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.644
1.644
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
35.85
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
34.2
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44

Fielding Stats for Bob Lawson and Carl Sitton

Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.34
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.52
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.9
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.59
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.98
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.62
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.21
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.52
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.57
88.57
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.385
2.385
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Lawson and Carl Sitton

Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
216.67
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
550
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.15
35.83
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
38.79
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
150
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
100
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.498
0.498
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.47
24.55
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
32.21
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
240
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Carl Sitton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Carl Sitton
Career
Per 600 PA