Duke Esper vs. Oliver Perez — Career Comparison

Duke Esper
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Oliver Perez
MillenialMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Oliver Perez 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. Oliver Perez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.37 and WHIP 1.459 compared to 4.39 and 1.573 for Duke Esper. By the career numbers, Oliver Perez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Duke Esper and Oliver Perez

Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.23
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.32
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.03
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.53
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.52
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.58
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.25
50.25
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.05
44.05
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.9
83.9
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.74
27.74
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.79
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
4.39
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
4.37
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5183
27
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4397
27
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1727.2
9
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1465.2
9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
10.67
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1336
8.2
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.24
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.22
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
3.49
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
4.68
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.25
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
2.36
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1546
9.49
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.575
1.575
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.36
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.54
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7824
40.76
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6464
39.69
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.52
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1196
6.23
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
4.81
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.34
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.67
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7123
37.11
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5504
33.8
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.69
39.69

Fielding Stats for Duke Esper and Oliver Perez

Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.23
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.32
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5205
27
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4397
27
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1735
9
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1465.2
9
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.35
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.98
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.92
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.13
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
2.46
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.22
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
2.33
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.15
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.53
94.53
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.47
94.47
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.887
1.887
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.74
27.74
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Duke Esper and Oliver Perez

Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
240
183.21
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
1060.15
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
786
600
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
399
600
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
739
564.12
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
344
517.29
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
135.88
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
56
84.21
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
107.63
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
54
81.2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
19.85
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.01
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.87
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
28.24
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.01
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
51.08
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
10.94
16.45
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
174.05
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
58
87.22
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
169.47
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
105.26
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
66.41
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
21.05
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
63.36
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
22.56
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
128.24
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
43.61
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.9
57.18
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
8.67
13.04
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.05
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
30.53
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
21.05
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
72.52
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
116
174.44
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
8.27
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.44
3.44
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.29
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
58.65
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.01
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.01
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.29
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.51
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.29
Oliver Perez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.02
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Oliver Perez
Career
Per 600 PA
75
75