Jim Fairbank vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Jim Fairbank
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Hill built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Fairbank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rich Hill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.02 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 5.49 and 1.878 for Jim Fairbank. By the career numbers, Rich Hill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Fairbank and Rich Hill

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
4.02
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
11.41
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.41
11.41
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.5
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.51
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
42.8
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5997
38.06
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.15
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
4.32
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.2
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
36.88
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.8
42.8
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Jim Fairbank and Rich Hill

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.23
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.39
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.93
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
1.27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.17
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.429
3.429
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.43
64.43
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Fairbank and Rich Hill

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
600
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
560.58
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.5
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
52.55
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
4.37
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
8.51
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
74.45
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
74.45
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
28.47
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.62
-22.06
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-5.73
-12.55
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.57
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.28
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA