Sean Doolittle vs. Ben Sheets — Career Comparison

Sean Doolittle
MillenialSouth DakotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ben Sheets
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ben Sheets 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 161 vs 126), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 126 vs 103), and home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 95). Role difference aside, Sean Doolittle holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Doolittle and Ben Sheets

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.52
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.54
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.47
49.47
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.24
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.2
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
3.78
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
7.07
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1577
8.89
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.96
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.04
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.06
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
2.08
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
10.42
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1325
7.47
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.18
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1801
35.97
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6640
37.43
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.35
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.34
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
736
4.15
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.21
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.54
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.219
1.219
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1665
33.25
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6138
34.6
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Sean Doolittle and Ben Sheets

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.65
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.9
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.78
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.63
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.74
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.54
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.81
94.81
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Doolittle and Ben Sheets

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
69600
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
250
292.4
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
513
600
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
449
525.15
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
39.77
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
36.26
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.51
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.51
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.07
4.76
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
43.27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
61.99
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.04
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.04
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
28.07
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-112.87
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-16.81
-19.66
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
22.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PAverified
212
247.95
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
52.63
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.34
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA