Tim Hudson vs. Jordan Walden — Career Comparison

Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jordan Walden
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tim Hudson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jordan Walden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jordan Walden led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 173 vs 124), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 136 vs 98). Tim Hudson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 90). Role difference aside, Jordan Walden holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tim Hudson and Jordan Walden

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
9.85
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.64
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.38
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.58
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
3.49
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2957
8.51
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
7.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.71
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.53
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.64
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.89
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.24
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080
5.99
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
10.78
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.78
10.78
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.631
1.631
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.24
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.26
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13005
37.43
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
930
37.7
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.49
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
3.8
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
3.16
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.33
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.18
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.96
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.36
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.239
1.239
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11787
33.93
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
33.32
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Tim Hudson and Jordan Walden

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
9.85
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.74
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.42
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.81
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.23
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.34
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.16
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.22
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.9
96.9
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.124
0.124
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Hudson and Jordan Walden

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
489
413.24
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
243
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
710
600
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
518.03
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
82.82
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
62.54
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
16.06
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.28
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.86
21.86
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
110.7
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
106.48
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.58
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
35.49
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
61.69
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.36
14.67
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
21.97
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
190
160.56
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
3.74
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
56.62
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Jordan Walden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jordan Walden
Career
Per 600 PA