Dick Radatz vs. Lawrence Simpson — Career Comparison

Dick Radatz
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lawrence Simpson
Lost GenerationOhioNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lawrence Simpson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Radatz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Radatz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 4.3 and 1.398 for Lawrence Simpson. By the career numbers, Dick Radatz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Radatz and Lawrence Simpson

Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.94
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.53
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.38
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.67
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.56
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.74
54.74
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.58
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.13
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.3
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.206
0.206
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
27
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693.2
9
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
6.9
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
9.97
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.84
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
3.84
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.61
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.6
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
9.67
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.14
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.67
9.67
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.501
1.501
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.39
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2906
37.7
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
39.89
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
3.85
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
3.37
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.68
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2580
33.47
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.97
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89

Fielding Stats for Dick Radatz and Lawrence Simpson

Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.94
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.33
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
27
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
27
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693.2
9
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115.1
9
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.71
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.34
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.13
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.51
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.04
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.97
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.95
91.95
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.44
84.44
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.235
2.235
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Radatz and Lawrence Simpson

Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
381
1446.84
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
244.9
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
550.63
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
526.53
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
72.15
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
56.96
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.39
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.27
16.22
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.53
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
94.94
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
91.14
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
22.78
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.77
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
60.76
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-0.25
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.91
23.43
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.19
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
79
300
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
30.38
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100