Sean Doolittle vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Sean Doolittle
MillenialSouth DakotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill James built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Doolittle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sean Doolittle posted a career ERA of 3.2 against Bill James's 3.2, with WHIP of 1.045 and 1.431 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Doolittle and Bill James

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.12
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.52
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.54
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.24
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
3.2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
3.2
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
7.07
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110
8.47
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.06
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
10.42
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1801
35.97
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4958
37.83
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.35
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
4.26
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1665
33.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Sean Doolittle and Bill James

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1352
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450.2
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.74
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Doolittle and Bill James

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
69600
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
203
294.92
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.09
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
63.92
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.72
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.17
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.08
19
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
85.71
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.68
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.43
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.75
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-112.87
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.26
13.45
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
200.48
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
2.99
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33