Roy Castleton vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Roy Castleton
Lost GenerationUtahThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Castleton built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Castleton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 3.25 and 1.370 for Lance McCullers. By the career numbers, Roy Castleton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Castleton and Lance McCullers

Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.03
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.62
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.62
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.68
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
3.25
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
8.24
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.68
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.641
0.641
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
36.48
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2221
37.98
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
3.74
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
32.77
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.48
36.48
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Roy Castleton and Lance McCullers

Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.25
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.02
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
1.88
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.71
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Castleton and Lance McCullers

Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
471.43
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
18.68
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
16.59
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Roy Castleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Roy Castleton
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100