Tom Cheney vs. Matt Strahm — Career Comparison

Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Strahm
MillenialNorth DakotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tom Cheney built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Strahm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Strahm led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 143 vs 88), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 112), and run prevention (ERA+ 135 vs 130). Tom Cheney held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 108). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Matt Strahm.

Pitching Stats for Tom Cheney and Matt Strahm

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.56
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.66
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.22
47.22
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.77
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.36
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.221
0.221
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
7.38
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
7.32
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.38
7.38
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.02
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.08
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.61
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
6.66
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
10.13
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.266
1.266
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1981
38.26
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
37.06
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
4.33
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.64
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1730
33.41
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.32
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Tom Cheney and Matt Strahm

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.22
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.59
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.43
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.64
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.64
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.17
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.51
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.08
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.54
92.54
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.678
0.678
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.74
61.74
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.61
8.61
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cheney and Matt Strahm

Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
121
474.51
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
6788.57
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
521.57
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
70.59
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
62.75
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.84
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.84
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
11.06
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.26
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
78.43
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
90.2
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
31.37
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.29
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
66.67
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.25
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.22
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
19.61
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
125.49
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
274.29
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2.19
2.19
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
58.82
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA