Fred Archer vs. Kevin Jepsen — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kevin Jepsen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin Jepsen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kevin Jepsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Kevin Jepsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Kevin Jepsen

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
10.13
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.58
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1250
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
8.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.8
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
3.65
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
8.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.8
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1782
38.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
4.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
33.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Kevin Jepsen

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
10.13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1250
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.6
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.51
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.149
0.149
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Kevin Jepsen

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
247.06
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Kevin Jepsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Jepsen
Career
Per 600 PA