Ed Scott vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Ed Scott
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Scott 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 4.01 and 1.415 for Ed Scott. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Scott and Leo Townsend

Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.21
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.04
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.7
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.94
46.94
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.44
86.44
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.86
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
4.01
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439.2
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
10.62
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
2.11
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.485
0.485
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1900
38.89
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
5.61
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.415
1.415
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1776
36.35
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Ed Scott and Leo Townsend

Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.21
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1320
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.33
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.17
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.87
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.65
92.65
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.203
3.203
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Scott and Leo Townsend

Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
196.67
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
570
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
96.67
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
63.33
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.67
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.67
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
33.33
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.58
31.95
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
24.79
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
150
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
113.33
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
50
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
63.33
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
106.67
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.43
24.77
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.67
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
150
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ed Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
13.33
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA