Claude Raymond vs. Lawrence Simpson — Career Comparison

Claude Raymond
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lawrence Simpson
Lost GenerationOhioNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lawrence Simpson built a career as a starting pitcher and Claude Raymond as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Raymond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 4.3 and 1.398 for Lawrence Simpson. By the career numbers, Claude Raymond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Raymond and Lawrence Simpson

Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
5.6
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.53
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.38
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.57
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.66
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.46
46.46
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.04
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.66
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.3
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2163
27
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
9
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
8.88
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
9.97
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.94
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
2.81
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.61
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.67
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
6.2
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.14
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.001
1.001
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.4
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.35
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3048
38.05
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
39.89
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
3.37
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
4.22
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.68
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.77
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.298
1.298
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2780
34.7
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.97
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89

Fielding Stats for Claude Raymond and Lawrence Simpson

Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
5.6
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.33
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2163
27
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
27
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
721
9
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115.1
9
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.61
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
1.41
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.34
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
2.2
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.51
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
2.02
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.97
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.05
92.05
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.44
84.44
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.235
2.235
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Raymond and Lawrence Simpson

Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
453
2384.21
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
244.9
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
531.58
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
526.53
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
36.84
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.16
11.36
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.53
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
78.95
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
78.95
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
122.45
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
73.68
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.31
-6.91
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.91
23.43
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
44
231.58
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Claude Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Claude Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
Lawrence Simpson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100