Warren Spahn vs. Ed Stauffer — Career Comparison

Warren Spahn
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Ed Stauffer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Warren Spahn built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Stauffer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Warren Spahn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.206 compared to 5.85 and 1.887 for Ed Stauffer. By the career numbers, Warren Spahn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Warren Spahn and Ed Stauffer

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
1.29
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
5.85
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
1.14
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.62
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
0.42
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.67
88.67
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
0.66
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.11
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1798
3.09
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.85
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15731
27
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243.2
9
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.1
9
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4830
8.29
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.86
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
0.74
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
2.46
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.12
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2583
4.43
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.62
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.14
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.07
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21547
36.98
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
42.59
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.12
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.78
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
3.46
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.68
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.887
1.887
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20071
34.45
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
36.46
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.98
36.98
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.59
42.59

Fielding Stats for Warren Spahn and Ed Stauffer

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.18
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.15
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9282
27
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3094
9
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.65
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
2.91
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.17
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
3.72
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
3.55
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.628
1.628
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.93
52.93
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.24
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Warren Spahn and Ed Stauffer

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
783
228.61
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
3150
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2055
600
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1872
546.57
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
363
105.99
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
77.37
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
16.64
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.22
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.61
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134.33
39.22
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
156.79
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
135.47
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
41.17
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
55.18
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
86.13
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123.31
36
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.04
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
27.45
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
487
142.19
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
19.85
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.09
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
23
6.72
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.17
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA