Sam Moran vs. Fred Olmstead — Career Comparison

Sam Moran
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Olmstead
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Olmstead built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Moran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Olmstead posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 7.47 and 2.059 for Sam Moran. By the career numbers, Fred Olmstead had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Moran and Fred Olmstead

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.66
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.5
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.72
48.72
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.06
56.06
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.65
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
7.47
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.74
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358.2
9
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
11.2
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
9.49
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.32
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.33
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.73
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.39
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.1
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
36.18
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.05
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
4.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
37.34
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
33.57
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
45.1
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18

Fielding Stats for Sam Moran and Fred Olmstead

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.46
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.97
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.6
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.18
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.43
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.08
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.29
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.78
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.939
1.939
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Moran and Fred Olmstead

Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
11
244.44
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
300
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
563.64
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
86.36
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
72.73
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.64
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
45.99
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.61
20.96
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
200
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
109.09
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
109.09
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.18
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
40.91
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
37.68
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
15.35
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
19
86.36
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
6.95
6.95
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA