Bill McCall vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Bill McCall
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill McCall built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill McCall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.271 compared to 4.34 and 1.437 for Alex Young. By the career numbers, Bill McCall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill McCall and Alex Young

Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.61
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.96
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.58
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.82
59.82
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.97
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.34
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1879
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
626.1
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
8.65
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
9.24
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.79
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
3.44
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2185
31.4
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
39.51
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
5.06
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.95
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.55
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1910
27.45
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.4
31.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Bill McCall and Alex Young

Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
1.97
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.18
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.68
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.15
94.15
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.566
1.566
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.18
60.18
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill McCall and Alex Young

Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
116
267.69
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
546.92
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
117.69
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
103.85
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
13.85
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.75
36.35
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
133.85
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
152.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
48.46
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
36.92
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
85.38
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.55
42.8
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
32.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
260
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.46
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA