Erv Palica vs. Scott Sullivan — Career Comparison

Erv Palica
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Sullivan
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Erv Palica built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Sullivan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4.22 and 1.444 for Erv Palica. By the career numbers, Scott Sullivan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Erv Palica and Scott Sullivan

Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
2.64
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.86
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.44
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.49
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.59
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.71
42.71
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.52
32.52
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.21
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
4.22
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
3.98
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2518
27
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839.1
9
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
8.64
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
8.19
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.77
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.09
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
4.28
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.43
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.7
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
4.54
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
7.59
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.979
0.979
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.26
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.73
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3640
39.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3146
38.4
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.56
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
4.63
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
4.31
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.76
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3230
34.63
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2755
33.63
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Erv Palica and Scott Sullivan

Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
6.26
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.07
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.99
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.88
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.87
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.2
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.46
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
3.87
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.32
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.12
92.12
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.618
0.618
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.194
0.194
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.07
17.07
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Erv Palica and Scott Sullivan

Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PA
262
588.76
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
6576.47
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
267
600
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
243
546.07
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
564.71
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
107.87
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
85.39
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.98
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.25
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.25
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
22.47
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.85
33.36
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.49
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
137.08
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
137.08
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
49.44
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
38.2
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
85.39
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.56
32.73
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.29
-26.96
Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
29.21
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
141.57
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
329.41
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.24
4.24
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
24.72
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.74
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.49
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.49
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erv Palica
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA