Squire Potter vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Squire Potter
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Squire Potter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 21 and 5.000 for Squire Potter. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Squire Potter and Doc Scanlan

Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
21
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
21
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
33
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
608
4.37
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
60
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
48
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
0.733
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Squire Potter and Doc Scanlan

Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3414
27
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
9
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.22
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Squire Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Squire Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Squire Potter and Doc Scanlan

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