Bill James vs. Craig Skok — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Craig Skok
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill James built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Skok as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.28 and WHIP 1.233 compared to 4.86 and 1.600 for Craig Skok. By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill James and Craig Skok

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
6.42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.62
72.62
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.73
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.28
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
4.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
7.79
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
10.2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.14
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.31
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
3.48
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
4.2
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
5.1
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.953
0.953
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.48
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2217
36.84
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
39.84
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.28
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.26
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.84
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996
33.16
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
35.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Craig Skok

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
6.42
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.32
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.56
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.45
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Craig Skok

Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
88
251.43
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
5350
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
568.57
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
11
550
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.529
0.529
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
131.43
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.29
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.16
34.74
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
41.22
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
145.71
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
140
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
51.43
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.71
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
77.14
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.98
39.94
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
34.61
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
125.71
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
250
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Craig Skok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Craig Skok
Career
Per 600 PA