Bob James vs. Alex Malloy — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Malloy
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alex Malloy 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. Alex Malloy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.215 compared to 3.8 and 1.371 for Bob James. By the career numbers, Alex Malloy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Alex Malloy

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.2
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.68
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.56
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.91
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
34.01
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
33.9
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
30.76
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.01
34.01

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Alex Malloy

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.19
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.89
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.57
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.23
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.714
2.714
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Alex Malloy

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
16
564.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
4.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.64
-22.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Malloy
Career
Per 600 PA