Dean Deetz vs. Jim Tobin — Career Comparison

Dean Deetz
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Tobin
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Tobin built a career as a starting pitcher and Dean Deetz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Tobin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 5.4 and 1.500 for Dean Deetz. By the career numbers, Jim Tobin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dean Deetz and Jim Tobin

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
1.36
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.08
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.5
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.53
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.74
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.44
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5700
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1900
9
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1929
9.14
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.64
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
2.36
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.555
0.555
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.13
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.13
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
40.5
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8074
38.25
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.22
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
4.08
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
35.1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7490
35.48
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Dean Deetz and Jim Tobin

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
27
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
9
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.024
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Deetz and Jim Tobin

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
268.78
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
884
600
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
796
540.27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.666
0.666
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
124.21
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
86.88
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
23.76
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.04
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.54
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
37.33
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.25
57.18
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
186.65
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
180.54
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
54.98
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
69.23
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.75
58.2
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.04
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
162
109.95
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.39
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.93
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100