Erik Sabel vs. Fred Talbot — Career Comparison

Erik Sabel
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Talbot
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Talbot built a career as a starting pitcher and Erik Sabel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Talbot posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 5.02 and 1.541 for Erik Sabel. By the career numbers, Fred Talbot had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Erik Sabel and Fred Talbot

Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.38
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.4
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.59
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.43
40.43
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.02
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4.12
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561
27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853.2
9
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
10.48
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
844
8.9
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.01
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
3.52
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
4.57
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
4.73
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.28
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
39.54
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3677
38.77
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.27
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.16
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.54
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
36
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3316
34.96
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Erik Sabel and Fred Talbot

Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.38
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562
27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854
9
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.73
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.03
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.51
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.33
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.23
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Erik Sabel and Fred Talbot

Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
15000
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
431.25
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
502.08
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
87.5
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
62.5
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.5
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.33
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.62
38.79
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
133.33
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
141.67
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.42
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.55
36.57
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
187.5
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.75
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100