Fred Heimach vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Fred Heimach
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Heimach built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 4.46 and 1.451 for Fred Heimach. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Heimach and Bob James

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
2.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.89
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.48
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.33
47.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.91
42.91
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
4.46
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3866
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288.2
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1510
10.55
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
2.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5674
39.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
5.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5287
36.92
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Fred Heimach and Bob James

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
9
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.23
85.23
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.659
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Heimach and Bob James

Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
368
376.79
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
542
554.95
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
131.06
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
107.51
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.36
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.12
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.55
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.41
46.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
165.87
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
159.73
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
59.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
50.17
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
106.48
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.08
52.3
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
100.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
5.98
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16.38
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA