Fred Archer vs. Akinori Otsuka — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Akinori Otsuka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Akinori Otsuka as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Akinori Otsuka posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.44 and WHIP 1.228 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Akinori Otsuka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Akinori Otsuka

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
7.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.37
7.37
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
8.42
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951
36.89
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.72
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
33.21
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Akinori Otsuka

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.16
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.38
90.38
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Akinori Otsuka

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
70800
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA