Carter Capps vs. Cal Koonce — Career Comparison

Carter Capps
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal Koonce
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cal Koonce built a career as a starting pitcher and Carter Capps as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cal Koonce posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 4.21 and 1.348 for Carter Capps. By the career numbers, Cal Koonce had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carter Capps and Cal Koonce

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
3.09
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.83
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.44
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.45
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.96
48.96
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.95
26.95
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.22
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.21
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
3.78
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2914
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
971.1
9
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
8.96
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
972
9.01
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.01
9.01
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.79
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.93
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
3.41
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
11.21
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
4.67
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.21
11.21
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.898
0.898
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
632
38.52
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4157
38.52
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.98
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.33
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
4.3
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
34.68
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3758
34.82
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Carter Capps and Cal Koonce

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
3.1
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.83
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2912
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970.2
9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.75
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.91
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.81
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
2.61
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.56
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.22
98.22
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.95
26.95
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carter Capps and Cal Koonce

Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
38700
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
738.46
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
273
600
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
525.27
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
52.75
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
46.15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.59
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.59
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
9.29
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
59.34
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
94.51
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
43.96
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
17.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
61.54
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.93
-6.43
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.4
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.36
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
217.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.77
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.2
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.79
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA