Eli Cates vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Eli Cates
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eli Cates built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eli Cates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.53 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 3.8 and 1.371 for Bob James. By the career numbers, Eli Cates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eli Cates and Bob James

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
8.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
36.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
33.97
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.58
36.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Eli Cates and Bob James

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.84
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.62
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.36
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.94
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.546
2.546
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Cates and Bob James

Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
40
338.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
498.59
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
76.06
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
36.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
152.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.76
40.26
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA