Roy Face vs. Mike Saipe — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mike Saipe
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Saipe built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 10.8 and 2.200 for Mike Saipe. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Mike Saipe

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.62
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.6
14.6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.431
0.431
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
8.82
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
19.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.8
19.8
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.92
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
2.37
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
48.6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5315
34.79
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
45.9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.386
0.386
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.6
48.6

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Mike Saipe

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.74
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.52
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
2.36
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.26
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.76
95.76
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Mike Saipe

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194
543.93
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.93
13.82
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.52
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.04
5.73
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
68.03
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA