Mike Balas vs. Jim Gott — Career Comparison

Mike Balas
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Gott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mike Balas and Jim Gott are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jim Gott posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.87 vs 6.75) and WHIP (1.438 vs 2.250). Mike Balas had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.68). By the career numbers, Jim Gott had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mike Balas and Jim Gott

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
4.45
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.77
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.45
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.59
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.08
43.08
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.33
17.33
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.73
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.87
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3360
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1120
9
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
8.69
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.68
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
3.74
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.51
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
837
6.73
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.163
1.163
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.42
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.18
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.12
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4828
38.8
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
2.1
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
4.39
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.46
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.67
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4252
34.17
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.8
38.8

Fielding Stats for Mike Balas and Jim Gott

Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
4.45
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.77
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3360
27
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
9
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.63
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.17
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.86
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.8
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.404
0.404
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.33
17.33
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Balas and Jim Gott

Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
554
4155
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
600
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
547.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
97.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
52.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.62
49.62
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
202.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
36.05
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
41
307.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
1.95
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Mike Balas
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0