Jim Faulkner vs. Tim Hudson — Career Comparison

Jim Faulkner
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Hudson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Faulkner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Hudson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.266 compared to 3.75 and 1.516 for Jim Faulkner. By the career numbers, Tim Hudson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Faulkner and Tim Hudson

Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.04
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.71
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.64
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.38
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.26
23.26
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.75
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.49
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.1
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
10.32
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2957
8.51
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.71
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.32
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.64
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.4
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080
5.99
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
40.08
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13005
37.43
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.41
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
4.81
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
3.8
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.33
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.18
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.96
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.516
1.516
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
36.47
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11787
33.93
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.08
40.08
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Jim Faulkner and Tim Hudson

Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.39
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9380
27
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126.2
9
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.74
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.42
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.07
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.23
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.16
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.37
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.9
96.9
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.861
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Faulkner and Tim Hudson

Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
413.24
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
534.78
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
613
518.03
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
82.82
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
62.54
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
16.06
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.28
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
43.42
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.86
21.86
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
143.48
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
110.7
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
106.48
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
52.17
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
29.58
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
35.49
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
61.69
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
52.64
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.36
14.67
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
21.97
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
190
160.56
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.74
3.74
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
56.62
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA