Willard Nixon vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Willard Nixon
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Willard Nixon built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.39 and 1.470 for Willard Nixon. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willard Nixon and Fred Rath Jr.

Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.94
48.94
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.67
78.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3702
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1277
9.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.66
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
530
3.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
4.49
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.21
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5391
39.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
38.81
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
4.92
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.464
1.464
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4820
35.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.32
39.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Willard Nixon and Fred Rath Jr.

Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
2.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2362
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
787.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.85
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.48
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
3.41
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willard Nixon and Fred Rath Jr.

Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
278.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
515
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
534.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
129.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
106.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
19.81
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
23.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.98
46.58
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
158.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
178.25
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
48.93
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
47.77
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
94.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.09
52.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
48.93
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
113.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.31
5.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
15.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
13
15.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA