Jake Arrieta vs. Harley Parker — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jake Arrieta built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker 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 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. 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 Harley Parker

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
1.59
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.94
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.52
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.98
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
8.09
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
3.19
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.61
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.36
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6755
37.71
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
4.39
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.18
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.75
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6047
33.75
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Harley Parker

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
1.59
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.76
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.42
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
2.35
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.64
92.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Harley Parker

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
407.04
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
600
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
538.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
88.73
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
66.2
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.63
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.92
29.47
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
133.8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
112.68
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
35.21
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
38.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
64.79
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.94
21.04
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.41
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA