Bill James vs. Andy Kyle — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Andy Kyle
UnknownBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill James posted a stronger line than Andy Kyle. Bill James posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.2 vs 7.31) and WHIP (1.431 vs 2.063). By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill James and Andy Kyle

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.12
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.54
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.2
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.31
7.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
8.47
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
16.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.31
16.31
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.12
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.37
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4958
37.83
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
48.94
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.22
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
4.26
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
11.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
43.31
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.409
0.409
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.94
48.94

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Andy Kyle

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.06
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.77
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.83
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Andy Kyle

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
294.92
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
315.79
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
536.84
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.132
1.132
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
74.09
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
252.63
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.92
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.72
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.17
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.08
19
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.1
161.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
85.71
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
347.37
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
117.68
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
284.21
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.147
1.147
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.43
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.75
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.26
13.45
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.95
156.36
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
138
200.48
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Andy Kyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Andy Kyle
Career
Per 600 PA