Roy Face vs. Mario Soto — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mario Soto
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mario Soto 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. Mario Soto posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.215 compared to 3.48 and 1.320 for Roy Face. By the career numbers, Mario Soto had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Mario Soto

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.52
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.48
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.08
52.08
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.42
75.42
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.37
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
531
3.48
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
667
3.47
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5191
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1730.1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
8.82
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
7.26
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.89
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
3.42
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.26
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
877
5.74
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
7.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.19
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.15
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5691
37.25
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7147
37.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
3.87
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.81
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.38
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.28
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.36
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5315
34.79
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6336
32.96
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Mario Soto

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.17
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5191
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1730.1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.49
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.06
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
1.66
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.55
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.13
93.13
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.003
1.003
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.76
75.76
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Mario Soto

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
303
301.49
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
603
600
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
543.93
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
530
527.36
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
69.65
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
54.73
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
12.94
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
14.93
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
13.82
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.8
13.73
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
87.56
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.52
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
82.59
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
9
25.23
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
31.84
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.63
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
23.88
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
16
44.86
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
54.73
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
5.73
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
1.64
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.95
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
166
165.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
3.63
3.63
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
18
50.47
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
57.71
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA