Blue Moon Odom vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Blue Moon Odom
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Blue Moon Odom 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 3.7 and 1.451 for Blue Moon Odom. 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 Blue Moon Odom and Fred Rath Jr.

Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
1.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.7
49.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.63
77.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
620
3.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4527
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1362
8.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
4.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
5.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.21
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6528
38.93
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
38.81
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
4.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.14
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5631
33.58
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
33.75
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.93
38.93
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Blue Moon Odom and Fred Rath Jr.

Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
1.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4521
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1507
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.84
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.45
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
2.54
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
2.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.35
90.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.302
1.302
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.63
77.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Blue Moon Odom and Fred Rath Jr.

Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
402
539.6
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
405
543.62
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
106.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
75.17
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.68
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.35
44.77
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
171.81
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
134.23
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
102.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
41.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
127.52
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.44
39.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.68
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
25.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
218.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
28.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.68
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.71
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.77
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blue Moon Odom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54.55
54.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA