Jacob deGrom vs. Harley Parker — Career Comparison

Jacob deGrom
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jacob deGrom built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jacob deGrom posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.57 and WHIP 0.994 compared to 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. By the career numbers, Jacob deGrom had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jacob deGrom and Harley Parker

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.94
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.63
59.63
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
2.57
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
6.86
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.85
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
2.02
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
2.61
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1851
10.82
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6045
35.34
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
2.79
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.21
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.51
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5607
32.78
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.34
35.34
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14

Fielding Stats for Jacob deGrom and Harley Parker

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.73
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
0.99
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.75
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.72
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.33
98.33
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.186
1.186
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jacob deGrom and Harley Parker

Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
368.79
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
543.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
110.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
93.62
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.77
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.02
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.99
31.19
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
136.17
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
134.75
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
38.3
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
41.13
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
75.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.73
30.82
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.11
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
116
164.54
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
3.65
3.65
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
32.62
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.35
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA