Bob James vs. Alek Manoah — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alek Manoah
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Alek Manoah 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. Alek Manoah led in run prevention (ERA+ 155 vs 111), home run suppression (HR9+ 148 vs 113), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 118 vs 110). Bob James held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 101). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Alek Manoah.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Alek Manoah

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.61
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.61
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.62
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
3.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1260
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
7.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.09
7.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
7.52
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
8.83
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.94
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1763
37.78
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.77
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.66
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
33.9
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
33.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Alek Manoah

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.61
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.61
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1260
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.86
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.79
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.5
92.5
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.493
0.493
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Alek Manoah

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
7971.43
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
45000
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
428.57
Alek Manoah
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Alek Manoah
Career
Per 600 PA