Jim Abbott vs. Lance Cormier — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance Cormier
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Abbott built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance Cormier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Abbott led in home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 79), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 74), and run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 76). Role difference aside, Jim Abbott holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Abbott and Lance Cormier

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.37
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.47
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.58
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.54
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.25
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.07
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1406
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
468.2
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
9.56
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
10.31
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.83
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.25
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
3.33
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
4.36
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
4.77
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.3
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.28
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7211
38.77
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
40.63
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.31
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
4.73
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
5.49
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.38
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.25
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.08
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.06
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.433
1.433
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6442
34.63
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
35.51
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Lance Cormier

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.37
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1406
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
468.2
9
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.39
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.61
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.05
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
2.02
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
2
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.94
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.19
96.19
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Lance Cormier

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
263
6575
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
3283.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
21
525
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
532.08
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
4.24
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
8.51
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-18.67
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.91
-10.3
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
250
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
192.45
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA