Henry McHenry vs. Ed Whitson — Career Comparison

Henry McHenry
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ed Whitson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Henry McHenry and Ed Whitson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Henry McHenry carried a career ERA of 4.12 against Ed Whitson's 3.79. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Henry McHenry and Ed Whitson — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Henry McHenry and Ed Whitson

Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.51
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.82
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.01
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.34
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.58
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.51
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.46
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.47
55.47
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.6
50.6
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.67
73.67
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.67
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.14
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
4.12
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
3.79
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3331
27
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110.1
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1136
9.21
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2240
9
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.44
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.85
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.89
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.8
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.22
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
5.06
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1266
5.09
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.13
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4794
38.86
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9479
38.09
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.4
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
5
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
4.2
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.79
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.41
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.31
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.77
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
0.64
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4319
35.01
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8573
34.45
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.86
38.86
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Henry McHenry and Ed Whitson

Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
1.53
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.82
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.33
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3618
27
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1206
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.54
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.1
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.13
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
2.56
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
1.68
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.43
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.6
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.04
95.04
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.98
94.98
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.878
0.878
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.37
65.37
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.45
73.45
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Henry McHenry and Ed Whitson

Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
242
262.57
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
461
411
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
553
600
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
600
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
496
538.16
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
576
513.52
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.694
0.694
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
125.86
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
72
64.19
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
87.88
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
62
55.27
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
16.27
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.02
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
19.53
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.89
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
37.97
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.92
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.75
64.82
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
12.81
11.42
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
205.06
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
84
74.89
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
172.51
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
80.24
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.676
0.676
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
57.5
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
21.4
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
80.29
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
24.07
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
118.26
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
44.58
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.99
68.35
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-0.63
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.25
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
43.4
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
16.05
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.02
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
169
150.67
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.08
46.08
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
14
15.19
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
70.43
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.67
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA