Kyle Abbott vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Kyle Abbott
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kyle Abbott built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.437 compared to 5.2 and 1.543 for Kyle Abbott. By the career numbers, Alex Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kyle Abbott and Alex Young

Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.77
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.83
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.58
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.05
19.05
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
5.2
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
10.05
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9.24
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.26
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
3.84
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.44
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
6.02
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
39.58
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1219
39.51
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
5.44
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.87
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
718
34.87
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Kyle Abbott and Alex Young

Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.77
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.21
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.55
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.51
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
96.88
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Abbott and Alex Young

Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
57
900
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
489.47
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
8.39
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.61
-9.62
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
300
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA