Gene Garber vs. Michael Pineda — Career Comparison

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Michael Pineda built a career as a starting pitcher and Gene Garber as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Pineda led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 95), walk avoidance (BB%+ 152 vs 129), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 95). Role difference aside, Michael Pineda holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Gene Garber and Michael Pineda

Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
931
5.55
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.62
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.61
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.57
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.57
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.67
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.54
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.93
45.93
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.2
51.2
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.45
99.45
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.3
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
3.34
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
4.06
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4530
27
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3026
27
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1510
9
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1008.2
9
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1464
8.73
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990
8.83
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.73
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.28
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
2.65
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.97
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.92
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
5.6
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
966
8.62
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.62
8.62
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.33
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.21
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6327
37.71
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4189
37.38
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
3.63
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
3.9
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
4.35
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.55
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.13
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.26
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.87
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.46
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.264
1.264
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5708
34.02
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3900
34.8
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.71
37.71
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38

Fielding Stats for Gene Garber and Michael Pineda

Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
931
5.55
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.62
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.61
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4528
27
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3026
27
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1509.1
9
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1008.2
9
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.95
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.38
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.67
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.91
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
2.71
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.37
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
2.62
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.29
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.7
96.7
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.77
94.77
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.472
0.472
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.801
0.801
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.45
99.45
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Garber and Michael Pineda

Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
933
4056.52
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
181
5715.79
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
500
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.91
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.91
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
16.87
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-0.78
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.91
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
126.09
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.43
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
47.83
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.78
16.42
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.19
-37.5
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.17
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
178.26
Michael Pineda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
252.63
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
3.37
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
47.83
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Garber
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Pineda
Career
Per 600 PA