Brad Boxberger vs. Joe Horlen — Career Comparison

Brad Boxberger
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Joe Horlen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Horlen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Boxberger as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Boxberger led in strikeout rate (K%+ 138 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 123 vs 98), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 99). Joe Horlen held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brad Boxberger.

Pitching Stats for Brad Boxberger and Joe Horlen

Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
9.53
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.58
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.52
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.72
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.53
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.93
44.93
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.79
49.79
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.27
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.58
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
3.5
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
3.11
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1433
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6006
27
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
477.2
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
9
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
7.01
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1829
8.22
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.19
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.65
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
4.39
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
2.49
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.29
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
10.95
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065
4.79
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.95
10.95
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.704
1.704
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.809
0.809
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.3
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.24
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2021
38.08
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8234
37.02
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.15
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
3.84
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.52
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.267
1.267
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1733
32.65
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7606
34.19
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Brad Boxberger and Joe Horlen

Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
9.53
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1433
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6001
27
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
477.2
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2000.1
9
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.72
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.72
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.89
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.39
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
2.68
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.26
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
2.61
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.54
90.54
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.132
0.132
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.607
1.607
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Boxberger and Joe Horlen

Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
75900
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
412
356.2
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
600
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
618
534.29
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
71.76
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
67.44
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.46
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.32
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.24
10.58
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
76.95
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
88.18
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.07
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
22.48
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
47.55
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-41.92
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.75
-0.65
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
15.56
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
109.8
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
46.69
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.65
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.73
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50