Dick Matthews vs. Bill Vinton — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Vinton
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Vinton 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 2.46 and 1.194 for Bill Vinton. 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 Bill Vinton

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.22
47.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.229
0.229
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
942
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
8.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
2.09
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.742
0.742
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.77
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
39.98
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
6.62
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.194
1.194
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1318
37.78
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Bill Vinton

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.28
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
2.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.47
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.04
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
2.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.55
84.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.325
2.325
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Bill Vinton

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
213.33
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
157.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
570.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
63.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.97
12.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
76.6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
93.62
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
68.09
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
106.38
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.87
-3.68
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Vinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
29.79
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
33
140.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Vinton
Career
Per 600 PA