Ian Desmond vs. Ben Zobrist — Career Comparison

Ian Desmond
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueShortstopSilver SluggerAll-Star
Ben Zobrist
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueSecond BasemanAll-Star

When their careers are measured against the same standard, Ben Zobrist comes out clearly ahead of Ian Desmond across most offensive categories. Ben Zobrist led in walk rate (BB%+ 164 vs 80), contact rate (K%+ 133 vs 85), and on-base percentage (OBP+ 115 vs 100). Ian Desmond held the edge in home run production (HR/PA+ 134 vs 110). Ben Zobrist was the more complete offensive player.

Hitting Stats for Ian Desmond and Ben Zobrist

Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1478
149.19
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1651
144.91
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
5944
600
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6836
600
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5442
549.33
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5880
516.09
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.768
0.768
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.805
0.805
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1432
144.55
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1566
137.45
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
937
94.58
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1006
88.3
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
277
27.96
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
30.63
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
37
3.73
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
3.86
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
18.27
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
167
14.66
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
495
49.97
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
560
49.15
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
739.84
74.68
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
940.85
82.58
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2326
234.79
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2504
219.78
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
1862
187.95
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2429
213.19
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.742
0.742
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.783
0.783
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.776
0.776
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
724
73.08
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
884
77.59
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
711
71.77
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
768
67.41
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
1254
126.58
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1485
130.34
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
742.93
74.99
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
949.98
83.38
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
4.34
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
31
2.72
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
387
39.06
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
832
73.03
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1.31
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
3.07
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
1402
141.52
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
994
87.24
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
4.24
4.24
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.88
6.88
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.84
0.84
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3.33
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
26
2.28
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
39
3.94
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
5.88
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
132
13.32
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
10.88
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
18.27
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
116
10.18
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
5.65
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
49
4.3
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
23.92
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
165
14.48
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.37
76.37
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 600 PA
70.3
70.3

Fielding Stats for Ian Desmond and Ben Zobrist

Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1451
1.06
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1844
1.24
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1389
1.01
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1503
1.01
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
37065
27
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40078
27
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
12355
9
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13359.1
9
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3292
2.4
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2740
1.85
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
1.87
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2638
1.78
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
0.13
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.06
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6036
4.4
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5463
3.68
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5860
4.27
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
5378
3.62
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.08
97.08
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.44
98.44
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.039
4.039
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.917
2.917
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.51
81.51
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
653
0.48
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
606
0.41
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Ian Desmond and Ben Zobrist

Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
45
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
36
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Zobrist
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ben Zobrist
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45