Jamie Arnold vs. Tom Seaver — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

Tom Seaver 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. Jamie Arnold led in home run suppression (HR9+ 320 vs 85), walk avoidance (BB%+ 94 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 92). Tom Seaver held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 46). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jamie Arnold.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and Tom Seaver

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
0.59
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
0.39
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.27
60.27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.43
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.11
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.73
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1521
2.86
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.89
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3971
7.47
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
0.72
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1390
2.62
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.22
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.49
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3640
6.85
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.052
1.052
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.24
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.14
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
41.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19369
36.45
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.73
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
3.15
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.27
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.18
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
0.39
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
34.64
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17666
33.24
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and Tom Seaver

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.22
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
0.62
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.83
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.3
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.41
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.24
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1020
1.92
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.1
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and Tom Seaver

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1428.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
677
261.73
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1315
508.38
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
78.09
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
60.7
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
10.82
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.93
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.64
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
17.4
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
24.16
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.91
25.48
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
276
106.7
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
121.39
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
38.27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
33.25
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
66.88
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
17.01
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.4
19.87
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.55
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
485
187.5
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
46.78
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.51
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100