Jay Avrea vs. Denis Boucher — Career Comparison

Jay Avrea
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Denis Boucher
Gen XCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Denis Boucher built a career as a starting pitcher and Jay Avrea as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Avrea posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.688 compared to 5.42 and 1.548 for Denis Boucher. By the career numbers, Jay Avrea had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jay Avrea and Denis Boucher

Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
2.16
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.68
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.29
35.29
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
5.42
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
10.13
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
10.48
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.73
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.06
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.33
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.75
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.938
0.938
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
649
40.01
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
5.73
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
37.13
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
35.63
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.01
40.01

Fielding Stats for Jay Avrea and Denis Boucher

Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.16
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
27
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.42
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.97
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.85
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jay Avrea and Denis Boucher

Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
1750
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
450
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
40.88
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
40.29
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Avrea
Career
Per 600 PA
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA