Al Carson vs. Seth Lugo — Career Comparison

Al Carson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Seth Lugo
MillenialLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Seth Lugo built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Carson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Seth Lugo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 4.05 and 1.050 for Al Carson. By the career numbers, Seth Lugo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Carson and Seth Lugo

Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.26
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.11
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.58
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.43
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.66
57.66
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.17
34.17
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.15
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.49
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2979
27
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
9
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.1
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
8.06
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.11
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
2.5
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.16
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
8.65
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
35.1
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4098
37.14
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.6
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
6.75
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.74
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.61
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.173
1.173
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3740
33.9
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
35.1
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.14
37.14

Fielding Stats for Al Carson and Seth Lugo

Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.26
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.11
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2979
27
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
9
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.69
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.89
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.6
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.58
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.86
98.86
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.483
0.483
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.17
34.17
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Carson and Seth Lugo

Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
3232.84
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
600
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
519.4
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.508
0.508
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
80.6
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.78
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.87
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.07
27.54
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
134.33
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
98.51
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
62.69
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
89.55
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.81
16.2
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.91
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
179.1
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.35
3.35
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Al Carson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Carson
Career
Per 600 PA
Seth Lugo
Career
Per 600 PA