Denis Boucher vs. Chad Zerbe — Career Comparison

Denis Boucher
Gen XCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chad Zerbe
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Denis Boucher built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Zerbe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chad Zerbe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.384 compared to 5.42 and 1.548 for Denis Boucher. By the career numbers, Chad Zerbe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denis Boucher and Chad Zerbe

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.16
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.68
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
5.42
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.87
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
10.48
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
9.48
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.73
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.6
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.33
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.74
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.75
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.17
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
40.01
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
38.38
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.44
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
5.73
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.29
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.86
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.43
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
35.63
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
34.03
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.01
40.01
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Denis Boucher and Chad Zerbe

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.16
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.54
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.42
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.67
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.97
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.26
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.85
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.21
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.37
97.37
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denis Boucher and Chad Zerbe

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
35
1750
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
2850
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
600
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
500
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
75
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
40.88
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
6.3
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
75
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
40.29
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-5.27
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
200
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
4.8
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
100
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA