Babe Adams vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Babe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Babe Adams 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. Babe Adams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.092 compared to 4.34 and 1.437 for Alex Young. By the career numbers, Babe Adams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Adams and Alex Young

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.45
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.08
58.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.65
73.65
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.62
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.76
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.34
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2995.1
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
8.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
9.24
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.29
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
3.44
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
3.11
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.14
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11947
35.9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
39.51
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1129
3.39
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
5.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11470
34.46
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Babe Adams and Alex Young

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
10.82
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
5.74
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.3
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.45
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
14.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
16.23
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
15.85
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.44
97.44
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.465
1.465
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.12
14.12
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Adams and Alex Young

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
261.01
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1108
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1019
551.81
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
116.97
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
90.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.79
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.12
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.62
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
26.53
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.48
40.33
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
154.87
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
146.21
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.78
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.61
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
81.77
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79.66
43.14
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
28.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
105.05
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.71
5.71
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
18.95
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA