Bob Lemon vs. Al Spalding — Career Comparison

Bob Lemon
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Al Spalding
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red StockingsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Al Spalding posted a stronger line than Bob Lemon. Al Spalding posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.13 vs 3.23) and WHIP (1.193 vs 1.341). By the career numbers, Al Spalding had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Lemon and Al Spalding

Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
1.45
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.08
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
1.11
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.01
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
0.65
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.78
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.4
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.79
61.79
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.43
79.43
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.09
76.09
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.66
93.66
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.59
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.87
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.07
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1024
3.23
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
2.13
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8550
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8659
27
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2850
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2886.1
9
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2559
8.08
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3280
10.23
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.57
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1251
3.95
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.51
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1277
4.03
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.77
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.2
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.32
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.18
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12099
38.21
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12724
39.68
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.23
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1185
3.74
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1790
5.58
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.193
1.193
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10791
34.08
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12560
39.16
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Bob Lemon and Al Spalding

Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.94
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
1.18
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.21
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.37
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2604
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11022
27
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
868
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3674
9
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
3.09
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
789
1.93
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
7.39
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
726
1.78
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.38
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1044
10.82
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1672
4.1
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
10.48
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1515
3.71
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.61
90.61
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.124
2.124
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.156
3.156
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.58
24.58
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.25
31.25
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.14
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Lemon and Al Spalding

Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
615
277.44
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
411
124.04
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
1330
600
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1988
600
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
1183
533.68
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1959
591.25
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.697
0.697
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
274
123.61
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
185.01
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
174
78.5
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
152.72
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
54
24.36
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
25.96
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
4.06
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.73
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
16.69
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.6
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
45.11
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
32.29
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
138.27
62.38
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229.38
69.23
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
457
206.17
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
743
224.25
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
369
166.47
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
642
193.76
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.674
0.674
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.584
0.584
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
148
66.77
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
125.86
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
147
66.32
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
338
102.01
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
258
116.39
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
227.26
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
140.46
63.37
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272.01
82.1
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.9
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
41.95
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
29
8.75
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
241
108.72
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
7.85
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
5.52
5.52
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.46
76.46
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
22.11
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.35
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
4.06
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.51
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
5.43
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.45
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.91
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.35
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.34
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.71
85.71