Jim Abbott vs. Alex Vesia — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Vesia
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Abbott built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Vesia as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Vesia posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.170 compared to 20.25 and 3.750 for Jim Abbott. By the career numbers, Alex Vesia had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Abbott and Alex Vesia

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.84
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.53
14.53
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
823
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.1
9
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.12
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.1
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
12.11
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.11
12.11
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.801
1.801
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
67.5
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1132
37.14
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.44
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
3.54
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
980
32.15
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Alex Vesia

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.84
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
823
27
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.1
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.79
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.59
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.85
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.79
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.72
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.073
0.073
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Alex Vesia

Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
300
45000
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
5.31
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.49
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA