Rocky Childress vs. Jim Nash — Career Comparison

Rocky Childress
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Nash
Silent GenerationNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Nash 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. Jim Nash posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.58 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 4.76 and 1.570 for Rocky Childress. By the career numbers, Jim Nash had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rocky Childress and Jim Nash

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.63
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.36
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.55
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.52
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.52
51.52
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.08
83.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.29
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.76
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.58
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3322
27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1107.1
9
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
10.11
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
8.53
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.88
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.09
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
3.26
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.92
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.29
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.43
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
6.27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.14
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
39.04
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4697
38.18
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.5
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.12
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.02
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.98
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.26
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
35.02
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4228
34.36
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18

Fielding Stats for Rocky Childress and Jim Nash

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.64
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.36
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3319
27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1106.1
9
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.49
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.92
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.94
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.5
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.17
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.42
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.08
83.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rocky Childress and Jim Nash

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
2614.29
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
300.74
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
403
600
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
558.31
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
56.58
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
40.2
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.93
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.96
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.38
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
12.83
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.53
14.19
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
86.35
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
69.98
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.82
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
49.13
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
9.31
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.93
-10.32
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.4
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
199
296.28
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
2.03
2.03
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
26.8
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.98
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA