Morris Madden vs. Lou Possehl — Career Comparison

Morris Madden
Baby BoomersSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lou Possehl
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lou Possehl built a career as a starting pitcher and Morris Madden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lou Possehl posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.26 and WHIP 1.675 compared to 5.91 and 2.391 for Morris Madden. By the career numbers, Lou Possehl had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Morris Madden and Lou Possehl

Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.75
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.63
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.27
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.4
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.88
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.91
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.26
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.55
7.55
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
27
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.1
9
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
10.97
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
10.87
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.97
10.97
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9.7
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.21
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.8
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.86
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.896
0.896
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
43.88
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
40.68
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.17
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.79
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.297
2.297
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.675
1.675
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
32.91
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
36.12
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.88
43.88
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.68
40.68

Fielding Stats for Morris Madden and Lou Possehl

Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.75
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
27
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.1
9
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.84
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.27
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.867
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.75
18.75
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Morris Madden and Lou Possehl

Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
2700
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
16
800
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.56
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.35
-17.51
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Morris Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Possehl
Career
Per 600 PA