Carter Capps vs. Johnny Podres — Career Comparison

Carter Capps
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Podres
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Podres 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. Johnny Podres posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.347 compared to 4.21 and 1.348 for Carter Capps. By the career numbers, Johnny Podres had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carter Capps and Johnny Podres

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
1.75
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.35
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.59
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.46
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.06
56.06
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.31
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.21
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
3.68
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6795
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2265
9
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
8.96
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2239
8.9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.96
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.93
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
743
2.95
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.28
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
11.21
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1435
5.7
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.21
11.21
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.962
0.962
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.26
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.11
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
38.52
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9571
38.03
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.18
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.33
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1026
4.08
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.317
1.317
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
34.68
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8800
34.97
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Carter Capps and Johnny Podres

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
1.84
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.35
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6450
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2150
9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.33
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.91
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.31
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.72
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.65
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
95.62
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.893
0.893
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.18
73.18
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carter Capps and Johnny Podres

Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
38700
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
325.35
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
852
600
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
762
536.62
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
102.11
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
86.62
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
13.38
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
15.49
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36.6
25.78
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
121.13
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
127.46
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
42.96
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
35.21
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
76.76
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35.94
25.31
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.82
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
22.54
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
76.06
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.89
7.89
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.28
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.75
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Podres
Career
Per 600 PA
14
9.86
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.11
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Podres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33