Mul Holland vs. Joe Kennedy — Career Comparison

Mul Holland
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Kennedy
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Mul Holland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Kennedy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.496 compared to 6.26 and 1.348 for Mul Holland. By the career numbers, Joe Kennedy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mul Holland and Joe Kennedy

Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.09
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
2.2
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.6
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.35
41.35
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.26
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
4.79
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.186
0.186
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.26
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1001
9.91
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.17
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.04
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.87
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.32
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
5.53
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.983
0.983
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.36
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
39.91
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4015
39.77
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.91
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.26
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
5.31
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.94
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
33.65
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3558
35.24
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77

Fielding Stats for Mul Holland and Joe Kennedy

Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.2
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2726
27
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
908.2
9
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.48
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.27
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.96
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.74
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.793
0.793
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mul Holland and Joe Kennedy

Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1114.29
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
1293.2
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
530.1
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.786
0.786
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
93.2
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
75.73
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.83
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.48
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
81.92
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
22.67
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
116.5
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
110.68
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.762
0.762
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
81.55
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
99.8
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.41
19.86
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
25
145.63
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.12
4.12
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
52.43
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mul Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA