Jim McElroy vs. Cleon Webb — Career Comparison

Jim McElroy
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cleon Webb
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cleon Webb built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McElroy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McElroy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.12 and WHIP 1.543 compared to 5.67 and 1.407 for Cleon Webb. By the career numbers, Jim McElroy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim McElroy and Cleon Webb

Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.09
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.09
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.01
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
5.12
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
9.7
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.67
9.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
4.19
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.72
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.57
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
41.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
40
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9.16
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
37.16
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
36.33
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.35
41.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40

Fielding Stats for Jim McElroy and Cleon Webb

Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.09
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.84
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.61
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.64
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.09
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
2.44
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.17
79.17
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.235
2.235
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim McElroy and Cleon Webb

Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
176.47
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
588.24
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.02
11.98
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
21.64
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0.02
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
21.95
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
141.18
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA