Luis Aloma vs. Jim Elam — Career Comparison

Luis Aloma
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Elam
Greatest GenerationVirginiaNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Elam built a career as a starting pitcher and Luis Aloma as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Luis Aloma posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 6.39 and 2.161 for Jim Elam. By the career numbers, Luis Aloma had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Luis Aloma and Jim Elam

Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.44
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.61
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.69
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.44
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.39
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
706
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235.1
9
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
8.11
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
13.35
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.11
8.11
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.35
13.35
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.8
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.25
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.4
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.19
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.032
1.032
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1001
38.28
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
46.45
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.1
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.75
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.58
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.161
2.161
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
33.88
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
39.48
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.28
38.28
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.45
46.45

Fielding Stats for Luis Aloma and Jim Elam

Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.73
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
27
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
9
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Luis Aloma and Jim Elam

Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
1364.71
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
564.71
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
94.12
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
82.35
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
1.42
16.74
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
128.38
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
105.88
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
105.88
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
5
58.82
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
8.25
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
134.74
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
17
200
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Luis Aloma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Aloma
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA