Barney Schultz vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Barney Schultz
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend built a career as a starting pitcher and Barney Schultz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 3.63 and 1.278 for Barney Schultz. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Barney Schultz and Leo Townsend

Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
5.89
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.91
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.63
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346.2
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
7.87
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.99
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
3.01
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.62
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
6.85
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1448
37.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.14
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.1
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.39
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1317
34.19
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.59
37.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Barney Schultz and Leo Townsend

Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
5.89
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346.2
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.55
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.45
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.1
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.06
95.06
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.339
0.339
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Barney Schultz and Leo Townsend

Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
3405
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
495
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
60
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
60
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.4
6.07
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
60
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
75
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
30
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-7.49
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
165
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
90
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA