Lefty Phillips vs. Scott Service — Career Comparison

Lefty Phillips
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Scott Service
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Phillips built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Service as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Service posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.99 and WHIP 1.549 compared to 8.31 and 2.885 for Lefty Phillips. By the career numbers, Scott Service had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Phillips and Scott Service

Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.99
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
11.1
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
16.62
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
9.4
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.62
16.62
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.21
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9.35
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.93
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
8.93
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.846
1.846
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.429
1.429
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
52.96
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
40.06
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
2.18
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
12.46
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.3
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.885
2.885
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599
34.57
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.457
0.457
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.335
0.335
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.96
52.96
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.06
40.06

Fielding Stats for Lefty Phillips and Scott Service

Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.99
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.6
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.53
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.95
95.95
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Phillips and Scott Service

Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
7
840
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
12000
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.84
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
95.86
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-39.65
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
1.89
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA