Danny Friend vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Friend as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake Odorizzi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 4.71 and 1.561 for Danny Friend. By the career numbers, Jake Odorizzi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Jake Odorizzi

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.04
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.52
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.75
51.75
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.52
95.52
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.71
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.99
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9.98
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
8.16
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.36
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
4.06
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2506
40.88
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
6.23
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.42
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2197
35.84
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4751
34.12
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.88
40.88
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Jake Odorizzi

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
564
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.79
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.68
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.78
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.19
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.13
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.23
90.23
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Jake Odorizzi

Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
4840
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
600
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
24
480
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
4.7
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
47.43
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-12.61
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.23
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA