Pedro Silva vs. Dick Welteroth — Career Comparison

Pedro Silva
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Welteroth
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Pedro Silva built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Welteroth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Welteroth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.48 and WHIP 1.980 compared to 7.49 and 1.891 for Pedro Silva. By the career numbers, Dick Welteroth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pedro Silva and Dick Welteroth

Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.51
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
4.86
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.98
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.8
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
7.49
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
6.48
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.49
7.49
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
27
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
27
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
9
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166.2
9
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
12.12
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
9.99
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.99
9.99
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.45
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.65
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
4.9
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
7.83
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.94
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.97
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.38
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.8
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
43.93
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
804
43.42
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.27
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
8.91
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
7.07
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.98
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.891
1.891
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
37.25
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
35.48
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.93
43.93
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.42
43.42

Fielding Stats for Pedro Silva and Dick Welteroth

Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.36
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.02
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
27
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265.2
9
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.51
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.25
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
3.9
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
3.76
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.52
96.52
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.775
2.775
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Pedro Silva and Dick Welteroth

Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
38
174.05
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
1741.94
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
600
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
549.62
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
27
522.58
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.619
0.619
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.92
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
73.28
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.32
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.32
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
36.64
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.83
54.2
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.63
12.27
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
183.21
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
151.15
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
105.34
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
77.86
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.53
52.81
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-6.03
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
41.22
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
9
174.19
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Welteroth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.16
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.16
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.16
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Welteroth
Career
Per 600 PA