Elvis Luciano vs. Dick Whitworth — Career Comparison

Elvis Luciano
Gen ZD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Whitworth
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Whitworth built a career as a starting pitcher and Elvis Luciano as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Whitworth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.223 compared to 5.35 and 1.812 for Elvis Luciano. By the career numbers, Dick Whitworth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elvis Luciano and Dick Whitworth

Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
6.68
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.4
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.92
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.73
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.37
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.34
66.34
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.89
65.89
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.73
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.35
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.76
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2488
27
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
829.1
9
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9.62
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
7.41
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.42
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.59
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
7.22
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
4.64
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
42.5
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3446
37.4
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.41
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.26
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.35
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
3.8
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.15
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.81
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.782
1.782
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.223
1.223
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
35.02
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2997
32.52
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.51
42.51
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Elvis Luciano and Dick Whitworth

Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
6.68
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
1.4
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2569
27
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856.1
9
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
3.01
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.27
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.48
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.07
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.21
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.15
92.15
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.293
2.293
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.09
36.09
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elvis Luciano and Dick Whitworth

Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
15000
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
228.24
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
565.42
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
133.14
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
108.93
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
20.75
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
24.21
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.69
40.96
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
162.54
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
146.97
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.52
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
65.71
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.5
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.25
47.11
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.83
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.19
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.67
115.67
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
20.75
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Elvis Luciano
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Whitworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100