Fred Mitchell vs. Mike Wright — Career Comparison

Fred Mitchell
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Wright
MillenialSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Mitchell built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Wright as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Mitchell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 5.97 and 1.580 for Mike Wright. By the career numbers, Fred Mitchell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Mitchell and Mike Wright

Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.22
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.01
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.08
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.75
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.39
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.63
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.42
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.66
88.66
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.7
18.7
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.89
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.1
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
5.97
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2155
27
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718.1
9
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
10.1
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
10.47
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.2
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.47
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
3.8
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.59
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
2.71
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
7.14
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.43
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.42
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.66
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.91
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3172
39.74
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257
40.99
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.27
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
5.89
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
6.39
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.55
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.78
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.544
1.544
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.562
1.562
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2816
35.28
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1100
35.87
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.99
40.99

Fielding Stats for Fred Mitchell and Mike Wright

Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.23
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
4.01
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.64
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.75
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
2.84
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.12
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
5.32
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.34
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.96
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.27
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
93.26
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.12
95.12
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.048
4.048
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.13
52.13
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.7
18.7
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31
Mike Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Mitchell and Mike Wright

Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
198.69
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
123
18450
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
610
600
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
562.62
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
118.03
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
95.41
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.74
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.89
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.62
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.91
38.27
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
147.54
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
144.59
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.508
0.508
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
54.1
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.15
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
105.25
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41.68
41
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
65.17
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.92
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
21.64
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
90.49
Mike Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.82
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Wright
Career
Per 600 PA