Booker McDaniel vs. Cla Meredith — Career Comparison

Booker McDaniel
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cla Meredith
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Booker McDaniel built a career as a starting pitcher and Cla Meredith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Booker McDaniel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.64 and WHIP 1.140 compared to 3.62 and 1.408 for Cla Meredith. By the career numbers, Booker McDaniel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Booker McDaniel and Cla Meredith

Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.66
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.77
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.7
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.3
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.48
46.48
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.61
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.26
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
3.62
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1155
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
7.83
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
9.53
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.43
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
2.54
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
6.97
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
6
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.97
6.97
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.949
0.949
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1585
37.05
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1197
38.02
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.84
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.64
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.41
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
3.97
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.3
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1466
34.27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1087
34.53
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.05
37.05
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Booker McDaniel and Cla Meredith

Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.68
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.79
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1155
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
2.03
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.75
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
2.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
2.31
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.45
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.19
95.19
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.375
1.375
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.22
47.22
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Booker McDaniel and Cla Meredith

Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
77
288.75
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
57200
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
600
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
577.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
86.25
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
48.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.89
52.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
198.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
153.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
52.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
63.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
112.5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
55.24
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-35.89
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
160
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Booker McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA