Jeff James vs. Fred Worden — Career Comparison

Jeff James
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Worden
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jeff James built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Worden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jeff James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.429 compared to 18 and 4.000 for Fred Worden. By the career numbers, Jeff James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jeff James and Fred Worden

Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
2.13
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.1
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
4.51
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
18
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.18
24.18
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
0.615
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
9.02
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
36
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.02
9.02
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.79
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
3.66
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
6.34
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
637
38.82
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
4.94
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
22.5
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.5
22.5
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.409
1.409
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573
34.92
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.5
58.5

Fielding Stats for Jeff James and Fred Worden

Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.14
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.1
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
27
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147.1
9
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.73
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.28
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.2
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.02
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.943
0.943
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff James and Fred Worden

Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
466.67
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
586.67
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
6.1
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.18
-15.7
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
266.67
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA