Fred Scherman vs. Vern Underhill — Career Comparison

Fred Scherman
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vern Underhill
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Vern Underhill built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Scherman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Scherman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.505 compared to 5.7 and 2.092 for Vern Underhill. By the career numbers, Fred Scherman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Scherman and Vern Underhill

Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
5.81
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
3.72
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.99
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.55
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.93
55.93
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.67
26.67
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.65
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
3.66
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.7
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
27
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536.1
9
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.76
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
11.15
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.77
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
4.11
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.68
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.67
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
4.98
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
4.95
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.74
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331
39.12
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
44.83
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.77
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.48
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.16
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
8.42
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.37
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.092
2.092
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2004
33.63
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
36.91
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83

Fielding Stats for Fred Scherman and Vern Underhill

Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
5.8
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1610
27
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
536.2
9
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.59
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.26
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.91
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.84
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Scherman and Vern Underhill

Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
2263.04
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
15
642.86
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
600
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
534.78
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.893
0.893
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
65.22
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.44
15.89
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
97.75
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
110.87
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.885
0.885
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.09
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.7
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
8.76
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
97.85
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Scherman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.09
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Scherman
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA