Jim Bouton vs. Dean Deetz — Career Comparison

Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dean Deetz
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bouton built a career as a starting pitcher and Dean Deetz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bouton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 5.4 and 1.500 for Dean Deetz. By the career numbers, Jim Bouton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bouton and Dean Deetz

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.46
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.6
49.6
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.57
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.92
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
3.16
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.7
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
5.23
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
40.5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.11
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4734
34.4
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
35.1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Bouton and Dean Deetz

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3715
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.1
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.1
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bouton and Dean Deetz

Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
467.51
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
394
600
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
528.43
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
53.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
48.73
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57.87
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
79.19
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.98
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.35
-9.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.32
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
2.46
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA