Paul Abbott vs. Kent Tekulve — Career Comparison

Paul Abbott
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kent Tekulve
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Paul Abbott built a career as a starting pitcher and Kent Tekulve as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kent Tekulve led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 96 vs 76), home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 102), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 92). Paul Abbott held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 77). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Kent Tekulve.

Pitching Stats for Paul Abbott and Kent Tekulve

Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
2.02
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
6.58
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.4
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.54
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.59
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.56
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.75
53.75
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.09
51.09
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.14
69.14
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.15
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
4.92
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
2.85
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2162
27
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4310
27
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
720.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1436.2
9
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
8.52
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
8.18
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.26
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.39
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
4.91
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
3.08
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.12
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
6.19
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
779
4.88
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.19
6.19
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.884
0.884
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.46
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.26
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3187
39.8
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6001
37.59
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
4
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
5.26
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
3.3
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.58
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.27
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.64
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.01
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.492
1.492
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2732
34.12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5358
33.57
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.59
37.59

Fielding Stats for Paul Abbott and Kent Tekulve

Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
2.02
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
6.58
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.4
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2162
27
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4311
27
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
720.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1437
9
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.76
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.58
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.95
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.05
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.79
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.71
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.71
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
2.63
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.8
95.8
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.14
69.14
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Paul Abbott and Kent Tekulve

Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
162
3888
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1050
4772.73
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
20
480
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
550
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.42
34.04
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
5.11
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
36.36
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
41.78
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.22
-19.17
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.27
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
61
277.27
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.17
4.17
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Paul Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA