Jake Dunning vs. Jesse Houston — Career Comparison

Jake Dunning
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jesse Houston
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jesse Houston built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Dunning as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake Dunning posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.77 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 3.26 and 1.305 for Jesse Houston. By the career numbers, Jake Dunning had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Dunning and Jesse Houston

Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
10.38
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.53
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.12
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.64
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.92
72.92
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.7
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.77
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
3.26
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
846
27
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
9
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
6.92
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
8.78
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.15
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.97
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.54
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
5.27
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.077
1.077
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
36.69
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1209
38.59
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.12
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.77
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
4.44
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.99
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.38
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.73
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.305
1.305
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
30.81
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1076
34.34
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.69
36.69
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.59
38.59

Fielding Stats for Jake Dunning and Jesse Houston

Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
10.38
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.56
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.06
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.85
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.59
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.42
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.57
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.08
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.44
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.8
67.8
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Dunning and Jesse Houston

Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
30
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
258.75
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
600
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
551.25
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
127.5
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
108.75
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.25
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.5
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.75
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.59
43.46
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
153.75
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
161.25
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
67.5
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.75
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
101.25
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.72
51.46
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.75
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
160
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Dunning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Houston
Career
Per 600 PA