Alex Newkirk vs. Matt Palmer — Career Comparison

Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Matt Palmer
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Alex Newkirk and Matt Palmer are fairly close on the surface numbers. Matt Palmer posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.56 vs 5.38) and WHIP (1.505 vs 1.602). Alex Newkirk had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.41 per nine innings vs 0.73). By the career numbers, Matt Palmer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Alex Newkirk and Matt Palmer

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.06
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.89
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.75
31.75
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
4.56
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
8.79
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.31
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
4.76
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
40.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808
39.24
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.68
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
6.03
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.44
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.26
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
36.45
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
33.6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.24
39.24

Fielding Stats for Alex Newkirk and Matt Palmer

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.76
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.06
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.88
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.92
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.65
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.55
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.508
0.508
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.75
31.75
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Newkirk and Matt Palmer

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
44
347.37
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
3150
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
544.74
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.59
59.91
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
28.42
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
181.58
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
150
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
47.37
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
39.47
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
86.84
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
74.26
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
35.37
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
250
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.4
2.4
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
23.68
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA