Duke Esper vs. Joe Horlen — Career Comparison

Duke Esper
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Horlen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Horlen built a career as a starting pitcher and Duke Esper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Horlen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.223 compared to 4.39 and 1.573 for Duke Esper. By the career numbers, Joe Horlen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Duke Esper and Joe Horlen

Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.23
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
1.62
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.03
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.53
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.52
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.52
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.53
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.25
50.25
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.79
49.79
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.9
83.9
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.33
80.33
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.79
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.27
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
4.39
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
3.11
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5183
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6006
27
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1727.2
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
10.67
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1829
8.22
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.24
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
0.65
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.49
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
2.49
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.29
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
2.36
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1065
4.79
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.809
0.809
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.24
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7824
40.76
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8234
37.02
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.18
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1196
6.23
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.52
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7123
37.11
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7606
34.19
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Duke Esper and Joe Horlen

Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.23
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
1.62
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5205
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6001
27
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1735
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2000.1
9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.35
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.72
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.98
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
1.89
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.13
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
2.46
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
2.68
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
2.33
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
2.61
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.53
94.53
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.887
1.887
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.607
1.607
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Duke Esper and Joe Horlen

Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
240
183.21
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
412
356.2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
786
600
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
694
600
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
739
564.12
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
618
534.29
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
135.88
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
83
71.76
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
107.63
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
78
67.44
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
19.85
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.46
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.87
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
28.24
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.32
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
51.08
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
12.24
10.58
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
174.05
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
89
76.95
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
169.47
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
102
88.18
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
66.41
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
29
25.07
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
63.36
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
26
22.48
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
128.24
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
55
47.55
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.9
57.18
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-0.65
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.05
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
30.53
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
15.56
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
72.52
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
127
109.8
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
8.27
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
5.46
5.46
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.29
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
46.69
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.65
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.29
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.29
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.73
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50