Bobby Locke vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Bobby Locke
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Locke 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 4.02 and 1.483 for Bobby Locke. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Locke and Dick Matthews

Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.56
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.61
51.61
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
4.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1250
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
9.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
3.56
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1817
39.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
4.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.433
1.433
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1643
35.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.25
39.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Bobby Locke and Dick Matthews

Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.56
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1250
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.84
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
2.64
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.83
96.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Locke and Dick Matthews

Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
892.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
520.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.659
0.659
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
132.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
116.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.68
51.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
159.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
120
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
180.53
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.624
0.624
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
122.12
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.45
60.81
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
22
116.81
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
5.14
5.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bobby Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA