Harry Patton vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Harry Patton
Lost GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Patton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Patton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.25 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3 and 1.333 for Doc Scanlan. By the career numbers, Harry Patton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Patton and Doc Scanlan

Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
3
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
608
4.37
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
4.2
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
38.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
33.75
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Harry Patton and Doc Scanlan

Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.22
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
2.07
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.44
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.29
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
93.85
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Patton and Doc Scanlan

Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
232.55
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
600
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
534.48
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
59.1
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
81
104.07
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Harry Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100