Alan Benes vs. Mike Cather — Career Comparison

Alan Benes
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Cather
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alan Benes built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Cather as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Cather led in home run suppression (HR9+ 227 vs 107), walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 80), and run prevention (ERA+ 143 vs 115). Alan Benes held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 102). Role difference aside, Mike Cather holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Alan Benes and Mike Cather

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.1
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
8.27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.53
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.51
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.88
50.88
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.59
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.42
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.2
9
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
8.98
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
7.38
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.07
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.1
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
4.01
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.53
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
7.31
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
6.83
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.151
1.151
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.26
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2153
39.22
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
37.58
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.31
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
5.17
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.97
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.75
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1878
34.21
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
32.73
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Alan Benes and Mike Cather

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
2.1
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
8.27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.28
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1482
27
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
27
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494
9
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.2
9
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.56
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.73
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.65
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.35
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.87
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.29
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.76
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.617
0.617
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.213
0.213
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Benes and Mike Cather

Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
456.95
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
45000
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
600
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
552.32
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
87.42
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
63.58
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
19.02
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
111.26
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
99.34
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.84
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.79
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
55.63
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.37
9.43
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.92
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
53
210.6
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.85
2.85
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Benes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.76
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.97
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Benes
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA