Jim Hunter vs. Cole Kimball — Career Comparison

Jim Hunter
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cole Kimball
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Hunter built a career as a starting pitcher and Cole Kimball as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cole Kimball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.93 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 7.26 and 2.000 for Jim Hunter. By the career numbers, Cole Kimball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Hunter and Cole Kimball

Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.32
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.45
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
7.26
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.26
7.26
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.174
0.174
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
13.06
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.06
13.06
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.94
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.06
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
44.13
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
37.93
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
7.55
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.55
7.55
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.32
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
37.45
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
29.57
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.13
44.13
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93

Fielding Stats for Jim Hunter and Cole Kimball

Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.32
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.03
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.9
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.9
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Hunter and Cole Kimball

Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3600
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA