Steve Avery vs. Jim Donohue — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Donohue
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Donohue as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Avery posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.367 compared to 4.29 and 1.545 for Jim Donohue. By the career numbers, Steve Avery had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Jim Donohue

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.72
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.06
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
4.19
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
4.29
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1529
8.85
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.81
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.86
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.39
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
3.29
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
4.75
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.16
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
980
5.67
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
6.72
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.72
6.72
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.15
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
39.75
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.56
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.64
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.41
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
34.88
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Jim Donohue

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.72
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.06
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.36
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.75
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.04
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
2.19
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.56
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.11
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.51
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Jim Donohue

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
306
370.91
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
1166.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
92.12
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.5
27.28
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
11.61
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
133.33
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
6
100
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
106.67
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
6
100
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
42.42
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.79
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
76.36
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.93
21.73
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-4.89
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135
163.64
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
166.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA