Mike Draper vs. Barry Zito — Career Comparison

Mike Draper
Gen XMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Zito
Gen XNevadaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Barry Zito 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. Barry Zito posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 4.25 and 1.654 for Mike Draper. By the career numbers, Barry Zito had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Draper and Barry Zito

Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
6.17
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.51
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.47
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.58
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.5
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.23
97.23
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.25
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1157
4.04
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7730
27
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576.2
9
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
11.27
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2381
8.32
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.27
11.27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
0.98
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.98
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
3.72
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.18
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.4
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1885
6.58
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
0.709
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.17
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.34
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
39.12
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11001
38.43
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.68
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1254
4.38
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.37
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.06
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.25
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.7
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
0.76
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
34.44
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9662
33.75
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.43
38.43

Fielding Stats for Mike Draper and Barry Zito

Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
6.17
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.51
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.47
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7730
27
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576.2
9
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.3
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.7
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.12
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
1.48
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.13
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.43
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.45
96.45
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.23
97.23
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Draper and Barry Zito

Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
5800
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
622.97
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
418
600
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
344
493.78
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
255.07
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.47
6.41
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
76.08
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.22
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.79
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.01
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
240.98
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.17
-7.42
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
25.84
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
142.11
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
80.38
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.74
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Draper
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA