Bob James vs. Mike McCormick — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike McCormick
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mike McCormick 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 led in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 81), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 89). Role difference aside, Bob James holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Mike McCormick

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.83
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.26
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.48
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.15
51.15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.8
68.8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
986
3.73
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7141
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2380.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2281
8.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.62
8.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
795
3.01
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.38
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1321
4.99
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.28
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10058
38.03
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.26
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1100
4.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9231
34.9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Mike McCormick

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.83
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.26
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7142
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2380.2
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
1.49
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
508
1.92
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
1.88
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.8
68.8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Mike McCormick

Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
487
348.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
839
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
738
527.77
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
82.24
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
67.94
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.58
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.72
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.01
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
14.3
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.84
22.77
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
107.27
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
156
111.56
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
38.62
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
27.89
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
61.5
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.56
15.42
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.72
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
28.61
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
275
196.66
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
39.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.58
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
8
5.72
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McCormick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.43
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McCormick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0