Jake Arrieta vs. Harry Eccles — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jake Arrieta built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eccles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake Arrieta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.268 compared to 4.71 and 1.143 for Harry Eccles. By the career numbers, Jake Arrieta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Harry Eccles

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.52
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.98
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1450
8.09
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
3.19
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6755
37.71
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
4.39
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.18
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.75
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6047
33.75
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.71
37.71
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Harry Eccles

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
1.59
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4837
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612.1
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.76
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.42
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
2.35
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.64
92.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Harry Eccles

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
407.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
600
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
538.03
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
88.73
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
66.2
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
35.21
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
64.79
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
7.84
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA