Jim Bunning vs. Josh Lindblom — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Josh Lindblom
MillenialIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bunning built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Lindblom as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Josh Lindblom led in run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 86), home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 94). Jim Bunning held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 107). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Josh Lindblom.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Josh Lindblom

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.77
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.69
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.54
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.44
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.52
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
3.27
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.78
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
8.22
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
8.83
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.25
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
2.39
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
3.75
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.23
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855
6.83
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
8.61
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.11
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.52
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.38
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15618
37.38
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
906
39.01
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.09
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.51
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
3.65
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
4.91
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.39
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
34.36
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Josh Lindblom

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.77
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.69
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.49
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.86
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
1.44
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.21
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
1.38
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.202
0.202
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.94
11.94
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.05
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Josh Lindblom

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
257.39
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
134
20100
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1275
546.04
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.99
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
106.21
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
35.12
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
32.12
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
64.24
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.33
11.28
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-64.8
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.43
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
14.56
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
362
155.03
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
36.4
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Josh Lindblom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Lindblom
Career
Per 600 PA