Bob James vs. Al Mattern — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Mattern
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Mattern 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. Al Mattern posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 3.8 and 1.371 for Bob James. By the career numbers, Al Mattern had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Al Mattern

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.47
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.38
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.3
38.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.12
68.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.56
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.37
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2533
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
844.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
878
9.36
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.36
9.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.19
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
2.71
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.655
0.655
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3493
37.23
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.41
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.64
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3184
33.94
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.23
37.23

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Al Mattern

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.91
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1953
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.55
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
3.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
4.37
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
4.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.25
95.25
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.181
2.181
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Al Mattern

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
138
270.59
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
306
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
272
533.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
88.24
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
80.39
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.96
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.84
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.99
19.59
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
98.04
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
107.84
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
33.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
31.37
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
64.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
16.66
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.96
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.65
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
127.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
4.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
47.06
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.92
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.92
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Mattern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100