Pete McBride vs. Al Piechota — Career Comparison

Pete McBride
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Piechota
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Piechota built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete McBride as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pete McBride posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.31 and WHIP 1.662 compared to 5.66 and 1.774 for Al Piechota. By the career numbers, Pete McBride had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete McBride and Al Piechota

Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.52
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.19
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.89
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.73
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.31
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
5.66
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
9.38
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
9.87
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.51
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
5.58
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.1
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.06
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.61
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.968
0.968
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.39
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
41.2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.53
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.51
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.02
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
6.59
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
6.53
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.53
6.53
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.662
1.662
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.774
1.774
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
34.99
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
36.44
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
41.2
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53

Fielding Stats for Pete McBride and Al Piechota

Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.6
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.73
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.74
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.84
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.1
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.91
73.91
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Pete McBride and Al Piechota

Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
13
236.36
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
72.85
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
33.94
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
7
175
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
5
125
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.15
75.52
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
44.7
Pete McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA