Danny Friend vs. Mike Walker — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Walker
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Walker 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. Danny Friend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.561 compared to 7.36 and 2.250 for Mike Walker. By the career numbers, Danny Friend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Mike Walker

Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.04
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.52
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.71
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.36
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9.98
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
12.89
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.89
12.89
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.36
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.45
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.06
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.52
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2506
40.88
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
45.41
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
6.23
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.59
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.561
1.561
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2197
35.84
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
38.66
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.88
40.88
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.41
45.41

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Mike Walker

Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1692
27
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
564
9
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.79
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
2.78
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.68
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.45
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.23
90.23
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Mike Walker

Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
163.64
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253
600
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.43
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
11
26.09
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.23
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA