Sterling Slaughter vs. Herman Watts — Career Comparison

Sterling Slaughter
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Herman Watts
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati-Cleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sterling Slaughter built a career as a starting pitcher and Herman Watts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sterling Slaughter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.75 and WHIP 1.974 compared to 7.88 and 2.250 for Herman Watts. By the career numbers, Sterling Slaughter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sterling Slaughter and Herman Watts

Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.48
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.75
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.88
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.16
8.16
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
11.15
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.75
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.15
11.15
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.75
12.75
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.57
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
7.5
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.57
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.13
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.239
1.239
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
43.03
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
47.63
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.5
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.1
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
10.13
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.13
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.858
1.858
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
37.45
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
38.63
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.03
43.03
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.63
47.63

Fielding Stats for Sterling Slaughter and Herman Watts

Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.48
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.88
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.88
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.88
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sterling Slaughter and Herman Watts

Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
923.08
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
9
490.91
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.818
0.818
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
7.62
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.61
88.04
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
272.73
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.788
0.788
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-13.25
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
105.82
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Herman Watts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.63
1.63
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Watts
Career
Per 600 PA