Jake Arrieta vs. Eric Junge — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Eric Junge
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jake Arrieta built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Junge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Junge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 3.98 and 1.268 for Jake Arrieta. By the career numbers, Eric Junge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Eric Junge

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.64
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.52
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.29
55.29
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
3.98
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
8.09
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
3.19
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
7.08
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.08
7.08
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.082
1.082
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6755
37.71
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
37.18
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
787
4.39
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.75
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6047
33.75
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
33.64
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.71
37.71
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Eric Junge

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.76
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.42
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
2.35
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.18
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.64
92.64
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Eric Junge

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
407.04
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
600
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
538.03
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
88.73
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
66.2
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
35.21
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
64.79
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
2.16
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA