Bill James vs. Kent Tekulve — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kent Tekulve
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill James built a career as a starting pitcher and Kent Tekulve 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 2.85 and 1.375 for Kent Tekulve. 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 Kent Tekulve

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
6.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.59
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.09
51.09
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.62
72.62
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.73
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.28
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
2.85
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4310
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1436.2
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
7.79
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1305
8.18
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.39
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
3.31
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
3.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.12
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
4.2
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
4.88
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2217
36.84
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6001
37.59
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
4
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.26
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
526
3.3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.01
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1996
33.16
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5358
33.57
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.59
37.59

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Kent Tekulve

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
6.58
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4311
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1437
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.58
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.05
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.71
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
2.63
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.45
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Kent Tekulve

Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
88
251.43
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1050
4772.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
132
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
568.57
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
121
550
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
131.43
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.29
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.29
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.16
34.74
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
5.11
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
145.71
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
51.43
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
8
36.36
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.71
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
77.14
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.98
39.94
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.22
-19.17
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.27
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
125.71
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
61
277.27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA