Al Mahon vs. Doc Newton — Career Comparison

Al Mahon
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Newton
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Newton built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Mahon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Newton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 22.85 and 4.154 for Al Mahon. By the career numbers, Doc Newton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Mahon and Doc Newton

Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.33
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.04
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.4
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.54
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.09
78.09
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.74
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
22.85
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
3.22
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.85
22.85
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.33
20.33
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3605
27
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201.2
9
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
22.85
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
8.83
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.85
22.85
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.13
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.12
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
3.77
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.615
1.615
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.52
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
60.23
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5069
37.96
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
22.85
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
4.58
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.85
22.85
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.154
4.154
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
45.69
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4583
34.32
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.23
60.23
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Al Mahon and Doc Newton

Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.33
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.4
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3657
27
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
9
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.44
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
2.47
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.41
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
3.31
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
2.9
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.72
87.72
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.183
2.183
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Mahon and Doc Newton

Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
900
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
224.53
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
481
600
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
543.87
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
93.56
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.07
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.24
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.25
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.48
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.42
25.47
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
102.29
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
132.22
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
53.64
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
42.41
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
96.05
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.66
24.53
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
38.67
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
160.91
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
3.73
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.46
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.48
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.48
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Newton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100