John McCarty vs. Elmer Riddle — Career Comparison

John McCarty
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Elmer Riddle
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Elmer Riddle built a career as a starting pitcher and John McCarty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elmer Riddle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.400 compared to 3.91 and 1.738 for John McCarty. By the career numbers, Elmer Riddle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for John McCarty and Elmer Riddle

John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.13
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.67
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.05
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.09
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.6
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.57
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.45
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.46
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.26
65.26
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.98
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.5
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
3.91
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.4
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3069
27
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1023
9
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
11.06
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
8.57
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.52
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.59
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
4.03
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.71
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
3.01
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.45
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
42.79
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4406
38.76
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.35
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
8.12
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.85
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.12
8.12
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.738
1.738
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
37.75
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3929
34.57
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.79
42.79
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for John McCarty and Elmer Riddle

John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.97
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
9
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.93
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.39
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.65
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.97
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.32
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.13
78.13
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.73
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.381
2.381
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.226
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for John McCarty and Elmer Riddle

John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
20
148.15
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
300
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
81
600
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
600
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
585.19
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
532.46
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
133.33
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
108.38
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
125.93
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
91.1
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.71
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.41
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.28
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.32
39.41
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.75
31.03
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
148.15
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
128.8
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
148.15
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
138.22
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
88.89
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
47.12
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
88.89
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
43.98
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
177.78
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
89.53
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
45.95
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.93
32.87
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.41
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.84
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
66.67
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
69
108.38
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
5.54
5.54
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
37.7
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.85
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.22
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.57
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John McCarty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.22
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.57
John McCarty
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100