Ed Hobaugh vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Ed Hobaugh
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Hobaugh 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 4.34 and 1.559 for Ed Hobaugh. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Hobaugh and Bob James

Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.59
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.89
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.43
34.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
4.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
211.2
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
9.69
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
4.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
4.89
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.992
0.992
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
40.14
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.97
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
35.97
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.14
40.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Ed Hobaugh and Bob James

Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.59
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.89
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
211.2
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.87
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.79
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.689
0.689
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.43
34.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Hobaugh and Bob James

Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
62
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
532.26
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
67.74
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
48.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.44
23.64
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
116.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
87.1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
19.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
19.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.91
8.81
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
174.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
48.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.68
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Hobaugh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA