Eddie Matteson vs. Jim Roland — Career Comparison

Eddie Matteson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Roland
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eddie Matteson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Roland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eddie Matteson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.36 and WHIP 1.218 compared to 3.22 and 1.350 for Jim Roland. By the career numbers, Eddie Matteson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eddie Matteson and Jim Roland

Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.08
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.32
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.64
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.34
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.78
52.78
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.03
31.03
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.43
13.43
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.36
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
3.22
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1351
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450.1
9
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
8.24
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
7.13
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.68
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.72
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
4.58
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.22
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
5.44
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.661
0.661
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.113
1.113
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
35.81
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1927
38.51
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.86
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.28
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.51
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
3.7
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
32.94
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1663
33.24
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.81
35.81
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Eddie Matteson and Jim Roland

Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.33
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.58
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
27
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
9
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.4
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.84
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.78
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.74
96.74
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.862
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.412
0.412
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.43
13.43
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eddie Matteson and Jim Roland

Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
424.39
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
1400
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
600
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
541.94
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
73.17
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
14.32
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
3.21
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
102.44
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
58.54
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
25.81
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.82
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.9
-25.19
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
36
232.26
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Matteson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA