Jimmy Direaux vs. Dick Rozek — Career Comparison

Jimmy Direaux
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Dick Rozek
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jimmy Direaux built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Rozek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Rozek posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.55 and WHIP 1.837 compared to 5.03 and 1.559 for Jimmy Direaux. By the career numbers, Dick Rozek had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Dick Rozek

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.74
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.55
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.06
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
5.03
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.55
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
9.77
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.95
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.26
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
7.58
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.68
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
3.58
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.58
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
41.42
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
43.12
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.93
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
6.1
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
5.79
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.16
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.06
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.559
1.559
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.837
1.837
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
35.81
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
35.27
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.42
41.42
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.12
43.12

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Dick Rozek

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.74
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
222.75
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.02
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.65
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.67
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.32
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.32
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Dick Rozek

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
31
295.24
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
1414.29
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
600
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
504.76
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
514.29
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.845
0.845
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
161.9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
114.29
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.62
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.62
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.7
92.38
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
7.08
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
209.52
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
228.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.815
0.815
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
133.33
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
190.48
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
96.85
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-10.7
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
66.67
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
8
342.86
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
63
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
28.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA