Harry Matuzak vs. Sterling Slaughter — Career Comparison

Harry Matuzak
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sterling Slaughter
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sterling Slaughter built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Matuzak as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sterling Slaughter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.75 and WHIP 1.974 compared to 5.77 and 1.615 for Harry Matuzak. By the career numbers, Sterling Slaughter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Matuzak and Sterling Slaughter

Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.92
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.48
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.7
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.77
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.75
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.31
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
11.15
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.31
11.31
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.15
11.15
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.23
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
5.57
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.92
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.57
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.795
0.795
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
42
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
43.03
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.15
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.92
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.1
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.92
6.92
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.615
1.615
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.858
1.858
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
38.54
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
37.45
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
42
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.03
43.03

Fielding Stats for Harry Matuzak and Sterling Slaughter

Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.48
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
27
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.2
9
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.588
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Matuzak and Sterling Slaughter

Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
17
850
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
923.08
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
11.01
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
7.62
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
8.18
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-13.25
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.63
1.63
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Harry Matuzak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Matuzak
Career
Per 600 PA
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA