Dale Matthewson vs. Dick McBride — Career Comparison

Dale Matthewson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick McBride
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsUnknownStarting Pitcher

Dick McBride built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Matthewson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick McBride posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.71 and WHIP 1.246 compared to 4.34 and 1.328 for Dale Matthewson. By the career numbers, Dick McBride had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Matthewson and Dick McBride

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.34
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.02
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.02
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.64
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.34
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.64
65.64
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.98
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.34
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
2.71
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6246
27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2082
9
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.22
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
2420
10.46
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.46
10.46
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.72
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.75
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.48
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.65
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.156
0.156
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.17
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
37.55
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9401
40.64
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.86
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.34
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
1573
6.8
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
33.83
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
39.89
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.64
40.64

Fielding Stats for Dale Matthewson and Dick McBride

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.06
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.54
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6363
27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2121
9
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.55
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.35
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.31
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
2.21
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
1.9
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.96
85.96
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.788
1.788
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.8
50.8
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Matthewson and Dick McBride

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
2900
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
119.11
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1209
600
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1192
591.56
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
153.35
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
136.48
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
15.88
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
16.87
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
18.03
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86.76
43.05
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
171.22
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
161.79
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
103.23
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.84
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
191.07
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
21.87
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105.12
52.17
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
8.44
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
100
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.95
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86.36
86.36
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
1.21
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
12
5.96
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.96
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
5.96
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33