Dick Matthews vs. Tom Timmermann — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Timmermann
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Timmermann as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.78 and 1.356 for Tom Timmermann. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Tom Timmermann

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
3.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.3
19.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
3.78
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1644
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
548
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
508
8.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
3.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
5.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.954
0.954
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2329
38.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
4.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.39
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.307
1.307
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2069
33.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Tom Timmermann

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
3.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1644
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
548
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
1.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.58
93.58
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.3
19.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Tom Timmermann

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
1416.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
544.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
8
49.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
49.48
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
6.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
8
49.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
80.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.93
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
37.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.14
-13.24
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
24.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
49
303.09
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tom Timmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
24.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Timmermann
Career
Per 600 PA