Clarence Struss vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Clarence Struss
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Clarence Struss and Leo Townsend are fairly close on the surface numbers. Leo Townsend posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.81 vs 6.43) and WHIP (0.974 vs 1.857). Clarence Struss had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.35). By the career numbers, Leo Townsend 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 Clarence Struss and Leo Townsend

Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.7
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.05
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
6.43
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
43.71
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
36
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.71
43.71
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Clarence Struss and Leo Townsend

Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Struss and Leo Townsend

Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
450
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
109.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
24.79
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
150
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
104.46
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
32.22
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Struss
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA