Jake Arrieta vs. Eric Yardley — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Eric Yardley
MillenialWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jake Arrieta built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Yardley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Yardley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.491 compared to 3.98 and 1.268 for Jake Arrieta. By the career numbers, Eric Yardley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Eric Yardley

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
8.55
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.52
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.29
55.29
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
3.98
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.52
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.2
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
8.09
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
9.22
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.01
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
3.19
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
3.86
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
5.2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.006
1.006
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.36
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.84
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6755
37.71
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
39.91
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.84
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
787
4.39
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.36
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.22
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.75
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.84
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6047
33.75
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
34.38
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Eric Yardley

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
8.55
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.2
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.76
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.42
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.52
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
2.35
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.68
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.18
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.68
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.64
92.64
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Eric Yardley

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
407.04
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
51
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
600
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
382
538.03
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
88.73
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
66.2
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
35.21
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
64.79
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
2.16
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Eric Yardley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Yardley
Career
Per 600 PA