Karl Adams vs. Matt Strahm — Career Comparison

Karl Adams
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Strahm
MillenialNorth DakotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Karl Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Strahm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Strahm posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 5.01 and 1.452 for Karl Adams. By the career numbers, Matt Strahm had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Karl Adams and Matt Strahm

Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.35
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.94
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.22
47.22
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.01
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.36
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.31
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
7.32
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.08
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.76
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.61
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.85
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
10.13
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
39.37
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
37.06
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.1
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.04
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.63
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.64
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.452
1.452
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
35.45
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.32
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Karl Adams and Matt Strahm

Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1552
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517.1
9
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.43
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.64
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.17
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.08
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.54
92.54
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.167
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.157
0.157
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Karl Adams and Matt Strahm

Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
6788.57
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
581.82
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.5
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.26
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.67
-48.53
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.22
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
16
290.91
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
274.29
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.19
2.19
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA