Jack Chesbro vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Jack Chesbro
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Chesbro 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. Jack Chesbro posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.152 compared to 3.25 and 1.370 for Lance McCullers. By the career numbers, Jack Chesbro had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Chesbro and Lance McCullers

Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
1.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.62
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.41
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.69
84.69
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
0.81
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
2.68
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.25
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8690
27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2896.2
9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
2647
8.22
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.12
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
2.14
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1265
3.93
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11632
36.14
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2221
37.98
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.16
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1206
3.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10829
33.65
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.14
36.14
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Jack Chesbro and Lance McCullers

Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.6
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8703
27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2901
9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.32
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.59
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.17
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
995
3.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
1.88
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
2.91
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.71
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.383
2.383
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Chesbro and Lance McCullers

Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
204.87
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1151
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1103
574.98
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
113.12
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
84.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
19.29
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.78
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.61
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
28.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.83
34.32
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
153.78
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
127.19
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
44.31
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
42.75
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
84.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.82
32.75
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.04
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
13.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PAverified
269
140.23
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.28
4.28
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
10.95
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.61
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Chesbro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.61
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Jack Chesbro
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100