Bob James vs. Danny MacFayden — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny MacFayden
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny MacFayden built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob James as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 3.96 and 1.424 for Danny MacFayden. By the career numbers, Bob James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Danny MacFayden

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.53
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.36
45.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.4
71.4
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1191
3.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8118
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2706
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2981
9.91
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.37
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
2.9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
2.65
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.21
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11805
39.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1395
4.64
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10869
36.15
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Danny MacFayden

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
27
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
753
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.23
85.23
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.08
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.616
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Danny MacFayden

Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
470
280.04
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1007
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
910
542.2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
76.86
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
60.77
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
13.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.38
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.09
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.47
17.56
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
96.52
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
101.89
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39.32
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
28
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
66.73
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.8
7.63
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
309
184.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
3.26
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
32.77
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.17
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50