Sean Doolittle vs. Bill Stafford — Career Comparison

Sean Doolittle
MillenialSouth DakotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill Stafford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Stafford 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 116), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 126 vs 102), and strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 95). Role difference aside, Sean Doolittle holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Doolittle and Bill Stafford

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
2.13
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.19
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.52
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.48
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.81
51.81
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.91
55.91
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.24
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.2
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
3.52
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2357
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785.2
9
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
7.07
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
707
8.1
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.96
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.88
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.06
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
3.09
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.31
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
10.42
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
5.14
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1801
35.97
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3290
37.69
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.35
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.34
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
3.86
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.22
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1665
33.25
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3001
34.38
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.69
37.69

Fielding Stats for Sean Doolittle and Bill Stafford

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
2.13
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.19
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2354
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
784.2
9
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.52
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.34
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.78
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.74
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.86
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.91
55.91
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Doolittle and Bill Stafford

Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
69600
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
187
415.56
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
600
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
544.44
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
84.44
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
64.44
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.56
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.44
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
20
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.6
19.11
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
108.89
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
102.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
33.33
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
31.11
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
64.44
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-112.87
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.04
11.21
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.56
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
140
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.29
4.29
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
35.56
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.44
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0