Rocky Childress vs. Joe Lake — Career Comparison

Rocky Childress
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Lake
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Lake built a career as a starting pitcher and Rocky Childress as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Lake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 4.76 and 1.570 for Rocky Childress. By the career numbers, Joe Lake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rocky Childress and Joe Lake

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.36
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.95
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.42
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.61
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.65
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.76
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.85
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
9
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
10.11
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
9.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.09
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.92
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
5.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.06
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
39.04
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5443
37.17
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.5
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.02
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.57
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
35.02
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5091
34.76
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17

Fielding Stats for Rocky Childress and Joe Lake

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
2.4
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.99
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.51
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.92
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
5.63
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
6.68
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.17
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
6.14
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.86
91.86
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.553
2.553
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rocky Childress and Joe Lake

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
2614.29
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
247.62
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
584.52
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
120.24
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
92.86
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.67
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.14
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
27.38
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
12.83
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.52
36.33
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
161.9
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
129.76
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
46.43
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
45.24
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
88.1
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
9.31
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.14
35.89
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.19
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.33
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
116
138.1
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
4.34
4.34
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.95
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100