Joe Colon vs. Rafael Roque — Career Comparison

Joe Colon
MillenialP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rafael Roque
Gen XD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rafael Roque built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Colon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rafael Roque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.36 and WHIP 1.598 compared to 7.2 and 2.000 for Joe Colon. By the career numbers, Rafael Roque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Colon and Rafael Roque

Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
9.9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.66
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.18
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.7
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.14
32.14
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.2
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
5.36
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.84
6.84
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
9.48
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.7
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
6.3
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.77
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
6.8
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
45
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
40.6
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.5
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
8.1
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
5.62
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.584
1.584
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
38.7
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
34.91
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Joe Colon and Rafael Roque

Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
9.9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.66
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.18
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.09
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.96
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.14
32.14
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Colon and Rafael Roque

Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
908.11
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
600
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
486.49
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
4.28
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1
-16.23
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
2.31
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Colon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA