Eddie Locke vs. Ray Narleski — Career Comparison

Eddie Locke
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Eddie Locke built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Narleski as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Narleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 4.02 and 1.438 for Eddie Locke. By the career numbers, Ray Narleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eddie Locke and Ray Narleski

Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.78
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.55
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.42
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.58
56.58
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.18
41.18
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.22
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
4.02
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.6
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.2
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
8.48
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.46
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.29
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
4.35
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
5.82
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.979
0.979
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
39.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3022
38.74
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.47
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
4.08
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.89
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
34.59
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2676
34.31
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Eddie Locke and Ray Narleski

Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.85
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.96
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
131.1
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.03
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.23
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.47
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.26
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eddie Locke and Ray Narleski

Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
29
300
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
568.97
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
124.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
82.11
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
72.63
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
45.86
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.4
20.2
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
165.52
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
104.21
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.26
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
49.82
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
4.6
14.51
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
57
180
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Locke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Locke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA