Clay Carroll vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Clay Carroll
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Bob James a clear advantage over Clay Carroll across the core pitching metrics. Bob James led in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 73), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 111 vs 104). Clay Carroll held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 113). Bob James was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Clay Carroll and Bob James

Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731
4.86
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.19
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.49
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.8
56.8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.95
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
2.94
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4060
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1353.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1296
8.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.62
8.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
2.94
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.74
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
4.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5673
37.73
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
2.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
3.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5114
34.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Clay Carroll and Bob James

Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
731
4.86
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4060
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1353.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.4
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
2.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.46
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.11
97.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.506
0.506
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Carroll and Bob James

Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
731
1790.2
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
509.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
66.12
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
63.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.65
11.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
73.47
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
83.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
41.63
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
56.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
159.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.77
3.77
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
73.47
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA