Bob James vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young 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. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 3.8 and 1.371 for Bob James. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Cy Young

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Cy Young

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Cy Young

Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2960
572.72
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
93.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
56.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
15.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100