Jamie Arnold vs. Rick Sawyer — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Sawyer
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Sawyer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jamie Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Sawyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.49 and WHIP 1.717 compared to 5.73 and 1.652 for Jamie Arnold. By the career numbers, Rick Sawyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and Rick Sawyer

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.32
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.54
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.03
27.03
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.73
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.49
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
9.89
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
10.29
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
4.31
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.49
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.68
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.63
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
41.04
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
895
40.21
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.81
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.73
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
4.85
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.81
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.622
1.622
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
34.64
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
34.46
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.21
40.21

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and Rick Sawyer

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.32
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.83
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.71
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.41
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
2.07
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.24
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.98
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.595
0.595
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.03
27.03
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and Rick Sawyer

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1428.57
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
765.52
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
455.17
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
24.16
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
27.66
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
17.01
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
37.79
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA