Al Piechota vs. Bill Trotter — Career Comparison

Al Piechota
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Trotter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Piechota built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Trotter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Trotter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.641 compared to 5.66 and 1.774 for Al Piechota. By the career numbers, Bill Trotter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Piechota and Bill Trotter

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.19
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
3.04
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.58
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.41
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.73
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.63
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.02
19.02
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.66
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.4
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1450
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483.1
9
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
9.87
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
619
11.53
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.87
9.87
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.53
11.53
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.86
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.1
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.24
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.61
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.94
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.28
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.53
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2208
41.11
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.02
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.51
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
6.53
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
6.59
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.53
6.53
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.774
1.774
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.641
1.641
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
36.44
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2019
37.6
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.11
41.11

Fielding Stats for Al Piechota and Bill Trotter

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.64
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.706
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al Piechota and Bill Trotter

Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
22
550
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
688.73
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
500
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
460.56
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
21.13
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
33.94
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
5.61
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
29.58
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
105.63
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
29.58
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
44.7
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-7.64
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
80.28
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
63
266.2
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
59.15
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA