Doc McMahon vs. Billy Sadler — Career Comparison

Doc McMahon
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Billy Sadler
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc McMahon built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy Sadler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc McMahon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.556 compared to 4.53 and 1.510 for Billy Sadler. By the career numbers, Doc McMahon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc McMahon and Billy Sadler

Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
7.07
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
4.53
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
7.43
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.45
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
5.44
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.06
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.06
9.06
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.611
1.611
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.45
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.63
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
40.59
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.81
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.71
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.556
1.556
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
32.8
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.59
40.59

Fielding Stats for Doc McMahon and Billy Sadler

Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
7.07
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.45
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.45
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.205
0.205
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc McMahon and Billy Sadler

Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Billy Sadler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
11700
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
600
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
600
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
88.74
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
111.84
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Sadler
Career
Per 600 PA