Brad Boxberger vs. Jesse Houston — Career Comparison

Brad Boxberger
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jesse Houston
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jesse Houston 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. Jesse Houston posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.305 compared to 3.5 and 1.302 for Brad Boxberger. By the career numbers, Jesse Houston had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Boxberger and Jesse Houston

Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
9.53
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.53
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.12
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.58
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.64
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.72
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.93
44.93
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.92
72.92
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.58
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
3.5
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.26
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1433
27
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
846
27
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477.2
9
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
9
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
7.01
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
8.78
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.19
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
4.39
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.97
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
10.95
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
5.27
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.95
10.95
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.704
1.704
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2021
38.08
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1209
38.59
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.15
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.84
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
4.44
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.3
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.99
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.305
1.305
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1733
32.65
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1076
34.34
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.59
38.59

Fielding Stats for Brad Boxberger and Jesse Houston

Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
9.53
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.56
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.06
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1433
27
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477.2
9
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.55
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.85
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.72
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.59
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.39
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.57
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.26
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.44
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.54
90.54
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.132
0.132
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.8
67.8
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Boxberger and Jesse Houston

Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
75900
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
69
258.75
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
600
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
551.25
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
127.5
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
108.75
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.25
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.5
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.75
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.59
43.46
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
153.75
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
161.25
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
67.5
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.75
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
101.25
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-41.92
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.72
51.46
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.75
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
160
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA