Kris Bubic vs. Jim Whitney — Career Comparison

Kris Bubic
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Whitney
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kris Bubic built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Whitney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Whitney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.147 compared to 4.14 and 1.414 for Kris Bubic. By the career numbers, Jim Whitney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kris Bubic and Jim Whitney

Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.23
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.06
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.53
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.02
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.36
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.49
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.69
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
0.53
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.55
34.55
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.35
48.35
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.38
68.38
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
0.97
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
4.14
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
2.97
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1415
27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10489
27
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
471.2
9
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3496.1
9
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
9.01
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3598
9.26
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.09
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.2
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.63
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.06
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
8.47
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
4.04
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
0.55
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.07
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2030
38.73
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14666
37.75
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.58
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2026
5.22
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.16
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.147
1.147
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1803
34.4
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14227
36.62
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Kris Bubic and Jim Whitney

Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.23
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
1.11
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.53
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
1415
27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13962
27
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
471.2
9
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4654
9
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
0.95
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.82
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
797
1.54
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.31
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
2.8
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.09
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1289
2.49
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.94
91.94
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.08
89.08
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.487
0.487
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.238
2.238
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.38
68.38
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.06
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kris Bubic and Jim Whitney

Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
117
14040
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
550
143.1
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2306
600
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2144
557.85
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.703
0.703
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
145.45
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
101.21
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
29.4
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
10.15
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
4.68
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
44.23
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262.92
68.41
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
804
209.19
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
721
187.6
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
82.22
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
280
72.85
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
578
150.39
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.51
-61.28
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284.17
73.94
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.26
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
41.89
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
120
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
54.9
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.93
10.93
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
0.76
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.2
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.2
Kris Bubic
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100