Carl Mathias vs. Matt Strahm — Career Comparison

Carl Mathias
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Strahm
MillenialNorth DakotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Carl Mathias built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Strahm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Strahm posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 7.14 and 1.655 for Carl Mathias. By the career numbers, Matt Strahm had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carl Mathias and Matt Strahm

Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.41
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.66
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.22
47.22
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
7.14
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.36
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.17
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
7.32
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.08
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.72
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.61
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
6.21
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
10.13
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.103
1.103
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
42.21
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
37.06
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.24
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.04
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
8.07
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.64
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.07
8.07
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.655
1.655
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
38.17
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.32
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.21
42.21
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Carl Mathias and Matt Strahm

Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.41
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.59
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.55
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.64
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.17
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.17
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.17
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.08
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.54
92.54
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.636
0.636
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.61
8.61
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mathias and Matt Strahm

Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1100
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
6788.57
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.26
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
7.84
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.22
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
16
274.29
Carl Mathias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2.19
2.19
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mathias
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA