Steve Avery vs. Rick White — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rick White
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick White as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Avery led in home run suppression (HR9+ 101 vs 81), strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 91). Rick White held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 97). Role difference aside, Steve Avery holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Rick White

Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.72
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
6.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.57
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
4.19
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
425
4.45
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2576
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
858.2
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1529
8.85
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
930
9.75
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.86
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.95
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
3.29
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.03
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.16
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.51
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
980
5.67
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
5.68
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.968
0.968
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.31
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.36
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3725
39.04
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.8
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
5.08
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.41
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
0.75
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.07
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3324
34.84
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Rick White

Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.72
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
6.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2576
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
858.2
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.36
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.75
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.43
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
2.19
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
1.91
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.11
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.8
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.15
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Rick White

Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
306
370.91
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
615
8021.74
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
92.12
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
4
52.17
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
65.45
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
3
39.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.5
27.28
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
6.17
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
133.33
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
106.67
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
42.42
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.79
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
76.36
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.93
21.73
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.56
-20.28
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.55
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135
163.64
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
169.57
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
3.54
3.54
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA