Wilmer Font vs. Jimmy Lavender — Career Comparison

Wilmer Font
MillenialVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Lavender
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Lavender built a career as a starting pitcher and Wilmer Font as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jimmy Lavender posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.279 compared to 5.82 and 1.497 for Wilmer Font. By the career numbers, Jimmy Lavender had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wilmer Font and Jimmy Lavender

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.7
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
1.67
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.31
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.06
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.47
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.65
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.57
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.32
45.32
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.92
22.92
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.39
63.39
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.48
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.82
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
3.09
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3622
27
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1207.1
9
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
9.49
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1097
8.18
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
1.96
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.8
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
3.33
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
8.9
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
4.08
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.823
0.823
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.22
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
39.88
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5058
37.7
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.36
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.37
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.87
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
4.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
35.6
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4555
33.95
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Wilmer Font and Jimmy Lavender

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.7
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.31
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
27
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151.2
9
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.77
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.71
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.26
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.607
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.92
22.92
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Wilmer Font and Jimmy Lavender

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
9600
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
329.41
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
600
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
550
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
79.41
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
60.29
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.65
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.12
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
30.56
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.38
19.68
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
100
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
105.88
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.94
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.12
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
47.06
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
48.79
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.8
9.99
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.94
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.53
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
155
227.94
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
23.53
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.94
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.94
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Lavender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100