Jack Fanning vs. Jay Spurgeon — Career Comparison

Jack Fanning
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jay Spurgeon
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jay Spurgeon built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fanning as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jay Spurgeon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 9.17 and 2.292 for Jack Fanning. By the career numbers, Jay Spurgeon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Fanning and Jay Spurgeon

Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.63
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.27
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.5
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
9.17
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.88
6.88
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.92
6.92
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
14.52
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
9.75
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.52
14.52
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.88
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
6.11
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5.63
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.13
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
47.12
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
41.25
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
14.01
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.01
14.01
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.13
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.708
1.708
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
40.5
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
34.5
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.86
7.86
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.12
47.12
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.25
41.25

Fielding Stats for Jack Fanning and Jay Spurgeon

Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.63
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.5
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Fanning and Jay Spurgeon

Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
247.06
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
18.66
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
18.48
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jay Spurgeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
Jay Spurgeon
Career
Per 600 PA