Ryan Madson vs. Al Pratt — Career Comparison

Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Pratt
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaCleveland Forest CitysUnknownStarting Pitcher

Al Pratt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Madson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.292 compared to 4.41 and 1.535 for Al Pratt. By the career numbers, Ryan Madson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Madson and Al Pratt

Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.17
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.09
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.71
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.96
55.96
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.58
31.58
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.02
93.02
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.82
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.48
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
4.41
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
330.1
9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
8.59
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
12.15
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.85
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
2.59
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.66
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
8.02
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.12
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.41
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.69
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3631
37.58
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1655
45.09
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
11.47
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.47
11.47
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.37
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.535
1.535
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3277
33.91
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1594
43.43
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.09
45.09

Fielding Stats for Ryan Madson and Al Pratt

Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.46
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1074
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.85
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.07
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.38
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.52
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.64
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.5
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.24
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.76
84.76
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.535
1.535
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.59
77.59
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Madson and Al Pratt

Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
45
137.76
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
600
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
506.9
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
596.94
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.665
0.665
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
159.18
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
113.27
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.37
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.55
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
45.92
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.12
58.54
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
232.65
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
162.24
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
125.51
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
97.96
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
223.47
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.32
68.33
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.06
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
217.24
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
196
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.12
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100