Jim Bethke vs. Jack Jenkins — Career Comparison

Jim Bethke
Baby BoomersNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Jenkins
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Jenkins built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Bethke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bethke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.625 compared to 4.73 and 1.763 for Jack Jenkins. By the career numbers, Jim Bethke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bethke and Jack Jenkins

Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.63
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.7
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.01
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.01
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.28
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.73
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.92
6.92
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
27
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.2
9
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
9.23
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.45
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.03
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.95
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.41
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.28
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.4
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
41.4
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
40.5
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.7
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.35
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
5.4
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.73
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.575
1.575
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.763
1.763
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
35.1
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
34.09
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Bethke and Jack Jenkins

Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.63
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.7
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.01
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
27
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.2
9
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.7
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.35
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.36
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.03
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bethke and Jack Jenkins

Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
3750
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
8
685.71
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
10.96
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.42
-63.2
Jack Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.07
-6
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Jim Bethke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bethke
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA