Jim Elam vs. Ryan Madson — Career Comparison

Jim Elam
Greatest GenerationVirginiaNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Elam built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Madson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.292 compared to 6.39 and 2.161 for Jim Elam. By the career numbers, Ryan Madson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Elam and Ryan Madson

Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.61
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.5
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.96
55.96
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.39
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.48
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
13.35
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
8.59
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.35
13.35
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.85
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
2.59
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.19
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
8.02
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.032
1.032
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.41
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
46.45
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3631
37.58
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.37
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.161
2.161
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
39.48
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3277
33.91
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.45
46.45
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Jim Elam and Ryan Madson

Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.73
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.07
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.52
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.5
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Elam and Ryan Madson

Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
506.9
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
128.38
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
134.74
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
217.24
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA