Alek Jacob vs. Rip Sewell — Career Comparison

Alek Jacob
Gen ZWashingtonThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rip Sewell
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Rip Sewell built a career as a starting pitcher and Alek Jacob as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rip Sewell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.344 compared to 4.06 and 1.216 for Alek Jacob. By the career numbers, Rip Sewell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alek Jacob and Rip Sewell

Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.88
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
1.66
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.03
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.61
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.41
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.58
59.58
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.31
62.31
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.58
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.06
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
3.48
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6358
27
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119.1
9
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
7.94
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2101
8.92
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.24
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.49
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
748
3.18
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.29
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
2.7
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
38.82
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9101
38.65
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.29
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.37
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.24
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
4.17
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.53
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
33.88
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8330
35.37
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.65
38.65

Fielding Stats for Alek Jacob and Rip Sewell

Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.88
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
27
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
9
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.24
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.24
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.505
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alek Jacob and Rip Sewell

Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
39
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
423
314.5
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
807
600
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
750
557.62
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
113.01
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
89.96
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
16.36
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.23
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.46
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
23.05
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.69
35.46
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
147.21
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
141.26
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
60.22
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
43.87
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
99.63
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.58
33.89
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.74
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
27.51
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
154
114.5
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.24
5.24
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
14.13
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
14.87
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.92
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.92
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Sewell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100