Bill Phyle vs. Tom Walker — Career Comparison

Bill Phyle
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Walker
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Phyle built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Walker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Walker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 3.96 and 1.500 for Bill Phyle. By the career numbers, Tom Walker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Phyle and Tom Walker

Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.21
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.15
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.01
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.39
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.62
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.48
34.48
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.9
43.9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.78
83.78
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.92
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
3.96
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.87
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
27
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
10.59
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
9.09
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.87
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.91
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
3.09
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
2.48
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
5.7
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.599
0.599
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.976
0.976
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
39.65
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1795
39.02
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.98
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
6.34
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.67
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.59
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
36.35
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1598
34.74
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Bill Phyle and Tom Walker

Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.16
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.15
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.07
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.98
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.65
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.56
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
3.36
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.43
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.89
91.89
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.881
2.881
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.59
35.59
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Phyle and Tom Walker

Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
61
190.63
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
2938.46
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
600
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
568.75
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
33
507.69
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
100
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
81.25
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.63
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.75
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.95
27.98
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
19.42
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
121.88
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
128.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
78.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.07
25.23
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.99
15.22
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
28.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
93.75
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
6.4
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
4.88
4.88
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.13
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.25
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Phyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA