Chuck James vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Chuck James
MillenialGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chuck James built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers led in home run suppression (HR9+ 89 vs 68), run prevention (ERA+ 127 vs 115), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 86). Chuck James held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 93 vs 85). Role difference aside, Lance McCullers holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Chuck James and Lance McCullers

Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.99
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.52
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.66
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.52
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.39
76.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
4.53
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
8.75
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.74
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.8
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.64
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.25
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
6.68
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.147
1.147
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
38.93
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.58
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.41
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.27
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
34.01
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.93
38.93
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Chuck James and Lance McCullers

Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.99
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.52
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
978
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.88
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.16
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.71
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.67
97.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.583
0.583
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.39
76.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chuck James and Lance McCullers

Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
77
412.5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
519.64
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
42.86
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
4.17
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
17.63
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
48.21
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
58.93
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
5
26.79
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.07
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
42.86
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.83
-20.52
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
6.14
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.07
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
182.14
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Chuck James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.29
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
61.02
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Chuck James
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100