Tony Arnold vs. Alex Wood — Career Comparison

Tony Arnold
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Wood
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Alex Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Wood posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.277 compared to 5.06 and 1.685 for Tony Arnold. By the career numbers, Alex Wood had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Arnold and Alex Wood

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.55
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.49
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.1
53.1
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.06
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
3.78
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
11.03
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
8.66
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.91
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.22
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.68
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.87
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.39
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
0.677
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.52
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
39.41
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5301
37.92
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.49
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.74
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
4.14
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.8
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.31
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.24
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.95
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.86
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
35.04
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4778
34.18
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Tony Arnold and Alex Wood

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.99
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
1.1
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.47
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.37
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.66
93.66
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.691
0.691
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Arnold and Alex Wood

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
38
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
518.27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
600
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
512.69
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
42.72
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
39.01
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
5.39
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
46.44
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
68.73
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.86
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
22.29
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
37.15
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-9.18
-17.06
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.01
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
171
317.65
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
1.89
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
61.3
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.57
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50