Dale Matthewson vs. Bugs Raymond — Career Comparison

Dale Matthewson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bugs Raymond
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bugs Raymond 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. Bugs Raymond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.49 and WHIP 1.177 compared to 4.34 and 1.328 for Dale Matthewson. By the career numbers, Bugs Raymond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Matthewson and Bugs Raymond

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.34
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.43
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.47
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.12
44.12
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.34
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.49
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2564
27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854.2
9
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
8.22
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
7.62
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.72
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.97
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.48
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
4.22
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.799
0.799
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.23
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
37.55
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3399
35.79
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.86
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.34
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.79
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
33.83
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3084
32.48
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.55
37.55
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.79
35.79

Fielding Stats for Dale Matthewson and Bugs Raymond

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.58
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2319
27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
9
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.43
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
3.25
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.91
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.68
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.05
94.05
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.324
2.324
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.24
63.24
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Matthewson and Bugs Raymond

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
2900
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
279.45
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
540.41
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
86.3
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
71.92
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.22
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.38
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
18.03
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.79
24.24
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
106.85
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
121.23
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.66
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.77
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
53.42
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
21.87
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.96
20.46
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.88
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
87
178.77
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100