Jose Espada vs. Casey Fossum — Career Comparison

Jose Espada
Gen ZP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Casey Fossum
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Casey Fossum built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Espada as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Espada posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 0.750 compared to 5.45 and 1.534 for Casey Fossum. By the career numbers, Jose Espada had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Espada and Casey Fossum

Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.61
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.01
43.01
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
5.45
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.083
0.083
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
873
10
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.31
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
3.65
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
13.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
607
6.95
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.95
6.95
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.178
1.178
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.32
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.72
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
31.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3537
40.5
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
6.13
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.31
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.74
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3110
35.61
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.5
31.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jose Espada and Casey Fossum

Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.71
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
27
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786
9
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.44
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.04
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.5
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.48
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.47
98.47
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.544
0.544
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Espada and Casey Fossum

Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
2823.53
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
600
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
541.18
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
3.4
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.94
-22.87
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
16
188.24
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.19
3.19
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Espada
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Fossum
Career
Per 600 PA