Al Spalding vs. Brandon Webb — Career Comparison

Al Spalding
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red StockingsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Brandon Webb
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Al Spalding posted a stronger line than Brandon Webb. Al Spalding posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.13 vs 3.27) and WHIP (1.193 vs 1.265). By the career numbers, Al Spalding had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Al Spalding and Brandon Webb

Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
1.08
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.36
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.01
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.35
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.78
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.59
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.42
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.43
79.43
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.39
58.39
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.66
93.66
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.5
99.5
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.87
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
2.13
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
3.27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8659
27
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3959
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2886.1
9
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319.2
9
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3280
10.23
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1200
8.18
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.63
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.51
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
2.97
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.23
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.77
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1065
7.26
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.32
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.38
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.34
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12724
39.68
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5515
37.61
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
1790
5.58
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
3.8
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.41
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.95
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.193
1.193
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.239
1.239
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12560
39.16
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4935
33.66
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Al Spalding and Brandon Webb

Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
1.18
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.36
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.37
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.35
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11022
27
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3959
27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3674
9
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319.2
9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
1.93
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.69
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
726
1.78
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.83
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.38
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1672
4.1
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
2.65
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1515
3.71
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
2.52
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.61
90.61
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.156
3.156
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.854
1.854
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.5
99.5
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.14
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Spalding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Spalding and Brandon Webb

Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
411
124.04
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
199
261.27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1988
600
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
457
600
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1959
591.25
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
391
513.35
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
185.01
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
44
57.77
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
152.72
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
35
45.95
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
25.96
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
9
11.82
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.73
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.6
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
32.29
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
9
11.82
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229.38
69.23
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
6.7
8.8
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
743
224.25
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
53
69.58
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
642
193.76
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
54
70.9
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
125.86
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
12
15.75
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
338
102.01
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
29
38.07
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
227.26
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
41
53.83
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272.01
82.1
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.13
-8.05
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
8.75
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.13
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
7.85
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
182
238.95
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.46
76.46
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
72.21
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.31
Al Spalding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.51
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.25
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
5.43
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.91
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.34
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Spalding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.71
85.71
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA