Dick Niehaus vs. Matt Palmer — Career Comparison

Dick Niehaus
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Palmer
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Palmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Niehaus as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Niehaus posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.476 compared to 4.56 and 1.505 for Matt Palmer. By the career numbers, Dick Niehaus had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Niehaus and Matt Palmer

Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.2
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.06
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.64
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.77
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
9.09
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
8.79
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
4.19
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.06
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
4.76
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.805
0.805
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
39.43
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808
39.24
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.85
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.68
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
5.97
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.9
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.26
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.476
1.476
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
35.1
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
33.6
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.43
39.43
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.24
39.24

Fielding Stats for Dick Niehaus and Matt Palmer

Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.06
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
27
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185.1
9
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.92
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.65
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.55
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.84
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.733
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.508
0.508
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Niehaus and Matt Palmer

Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
45
675
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
3150
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
600
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
510
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
120
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
105
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
59.3
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
28.42
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
135
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
210
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
150
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
30
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
65.88
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
35.37
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
90
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
180
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
250
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Niehaus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA