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Compare players, 1959-60 season

At a glance

Mel Pearson Earl Balfour

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMel Pearson: Goals, 0.04 a game, 4th percentileMel Pearson: Assists, 0.22 a game, 30th percentileMel Pearson: Points, 0.26 a game, 16th percentileMel Pearson: Shots, 1.39 a game, 26th percentileEarl Balfour: Goals, 0.04 a game, 1st percentileEarl Balfour: Assists, 0.07 a game, 4th percentileEarl Balfour: Points, 0.11 a game, 4th percentileEarl Balfour: Shots, 1.17 a game, 16th percentile
02468204060Earl Balfour 8Mel Pearson 6

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the regulars at his position: forwards against forwards, defencemen against defencemen. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number. The lines are each player's points adding up, game by game.

The numbers

Mel Pearson L, PIT 1959-60 Earl Balfour L, CHI
23 Games played 70
1 Goals 3
5 Assists 5
6 Points 8
0.26 Points per game 0.11
-3 Plus/minus -5
32 Shots 82
3.1 Shooting % 3.7
0 Hits 0
13 Penalty minutes 16
0:00 Average ice time 0:00

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.