Karl Adams vs. Alex Vesia — Career Comparison

Karl Adams
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Vesia
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Karl Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Vesia as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Vesia posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.170 compared to 5.01 and 1.452 for Karl Adams. By the career numbers, Alex Vesia had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Karl Adams and Alex Vesia

Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.35
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.84
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.94
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.01
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.92
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
823
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.1
9
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.31
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
6
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.12
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.76
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.1
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.85
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
12.11
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.11
12.11
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.801
1.801
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
39.37
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1132
37.14
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.1
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.44
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.63
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
3.54
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.452
1.452
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
35.45
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
980
32.15
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Karl Adams and Alex Vesia

Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.84
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
823
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274.1
9
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.59
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.85
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.72
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.11
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.167
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.073
0.073
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Karl Adams and Alex Vesia

Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
300
45000
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
581.82
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.5
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
5.31
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.67
-48.53
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.49
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.06
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA