Cody Allen vs. Jim Elam — Career Comparison

Cody Allen
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Elam
Greatest GenerationVirginiaNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Elam built a career as a starting pitcher and Cody Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cody Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.253 compared to 6.39 and 2.161 for Jim Elam. By the career numbers, Cody Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cody Allen and Jim Elam

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.61
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.47
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.6
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.64
43.64
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.97
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.14
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.39
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
7.28
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
13.35
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.35
13.35
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.07
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.75
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
11.51
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.19
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.51
11.51
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.695
1.695
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.032
1.032
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.78
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.58
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1943
37.71
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
46.45
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
5.65
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.47
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.58
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.161
2.161
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715
33.29
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
39.48
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.45
46.45

Fielding Stats for Cody Allen and Jim Elam

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.73
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.62
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.95
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.89
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.88
93.88
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.096
0.096
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cody Allen and Jim Elam

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
288600
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
128.38
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
134.74
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA