Philip Abner vs. Mike Foltynewicz — Career Comparison

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Mike Foltynewicz built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Foltynewicz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.327 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Mike Foltynewicz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Mike Foltynewicz

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.81
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.55
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.59
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.54
85.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
4.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2475
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
8.85
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.48
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
3
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752
8.2
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.4
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.4
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3537
38.59
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
4.83
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.56
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3180
34.69
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.59
38.59

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Mike Foltynewicz

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.81
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.55
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2475
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.34
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.82
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.21
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.16
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.5
95.5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.639
0.639
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.54
85.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Mike Foltynewicz

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
438.77
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
531.28
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.11
2.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
44.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
23.79
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
44.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-11.18
-29.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
127
335.68
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
1.79
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
63.44
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Foltynewicz
Career
Per 600 PA