Rocky Childress vs. Gary Nolan — Career Comparison

Rocky Childress
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Nolan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Gary Nolan 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. Gary Nolan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.08 and WHIP 1.173 compared to 4.76 and 1.570 for Rocky Childress. By the career numbers, Gary Nolan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rocky Childress and Gary Nolan

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.34
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.33
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.59
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.38
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.8
98.8
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.24
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.76
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
3.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5024
27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674.2
9
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
10.11
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1505
8.09
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.78
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
3.09
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
2.22
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.92
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.25
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.43
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1039
5.58
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.14
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
39.04
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6836
36.74
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.5
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.02
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
3.35
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.21
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
35.02
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6342
34.08
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.74
36.74

Fielding Stats for Rocky Childress and Gary Nolan

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.34
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.33
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5026
27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1675.1
9
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.51
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.92
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.02
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.25
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.54
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.17
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.53
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.95
98.95
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.136
1.136
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.8
98.8
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rocky Childress and Gary Nolan

Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
2614.29
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
242.31
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
624
600
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
514.29
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
508.65
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
70.19
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
56.73
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.65
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.85
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
13.46
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
12.83
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.54
17.82
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
89.42
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
106.73
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
34.62
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
30.77
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
64.42
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
9.31
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.52
10.12
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
36.54
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
211
202.88
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
53.85
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.96
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.69
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Nolan
Career
Per 600 PA