Bill Essick vs. Mike Walters — Career Comparison

Bill Essick
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Walters
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Essick built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Walters as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Essick posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.95 and WHIP 1.410 compared to 3.99 and 1.420 for Mike Walters. By the career numbers, Bill Essick had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Essick and Mike Walters

Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.7
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.95
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.99
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
9.15
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
8.49
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.54
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.48
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.39
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.17
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.771
0.771
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
37.48
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.74
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.35
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.87
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.6
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.33
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
33.49
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
32.93
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.48
37.48
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.74
37.74

Fielding Stats for Bill Essick and Mike Walters

Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.7
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.23
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.8
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.64
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.64
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Essick and Mike Walters

Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
225
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
600
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
525
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
4.5
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.98
-24.46
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
7
175
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA