Mike Draper vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Mike Draper
Gen XMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Draper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 4.25 and 1.654 for Mike Draper. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Draper and Cy Young

Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
6.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
0.39
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
11.27
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7092
8.68
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.27
11.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.98
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2803
3.43
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.709
0.709
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.19
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.2
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
39.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.68
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.06
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.7
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
34.44
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Mike Draper and Cy Young

Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
6.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.7
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.18
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.05
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Draper and Cy Young

Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
5800
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2960
572.72
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
120.54
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
93.45
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
255.07
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204.03
39.48
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
834
161.37
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
138.15
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
62.88
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
597
115.51
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
240.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212.45
41.11
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
15.67
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100