Ralph Caldwell vs. Alex Vesia — Career Comparison

Ralph Caldwell
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Vesia
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ralph Caldwell built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Vesia as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Vesia posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.170 compared to 4.2 and 1.413 for Ralph Caldwell. By the career numbers, Alex Vesia had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Caldwell and Alex Vesia

Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.56
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.84
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.6
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.2
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.92
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
27
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
823
27
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
9
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.1
9
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
10.08
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
6
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.08
10.08
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.12
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.64
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.1
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.08
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
12.11
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.08
7.08
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.11
12.11
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.801
1.801
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.6
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
39.48
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1132
37.14
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.44
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.48
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
3.54
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.413
1.413
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
36.24
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
980
32.15
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Ralph Caldwell and Alex Vesia

Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.56
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
9.84
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
27
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
823
27
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
9
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274.1
9
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.6
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.56
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.4
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.85
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.16
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.72
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.073
0.073
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Caldwell and Alex Vesia

Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
229.41
Alex Vesia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
300
45000
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
582.35
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
141.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
141.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.32
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
141.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
158.82
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
105.88
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
46.08
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-2.49
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Ralph Caldwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.33
11.33
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Caldwell
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Vesia
Career
Per 600 PA