Kenley Jansen vs. Zip Zabel — Career Comparison

Kenley Jansen
MillenialCuraçaoThrows RightBats Switch CarribeanLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Zip Zabel
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zip Zabel built a career as a starting pitcher and Kenley Jansen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kenley Jansen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.57 and WHIP 0.983 compared to 2.71 and 1.220 for Zip Zabel. By the career numbers, Kenley Jansen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kenley Jansen and Zip Zabel

Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
9.05
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.01
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.76
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.52
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.36
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.39
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.45
57.45
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.62
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
2.57
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
2.71
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782
27
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927.1
9
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
5.92
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
7.02
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.92
5.92
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.85
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.74
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
3.95
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1278
12.4
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
3.34
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.4
12.4
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.682
1.682
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.811
0.811
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.2
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.31
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.17
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3680
35.72
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1214
36.91
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
6.79
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.94
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.76
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
3.8
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.18
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.24
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3340
32.42
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1077
32.75
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.72
35.72
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.91
36.91

Fielding Stats for Kenley Jansen and Zip Zabel

Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
9.05
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2782
27
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
927.1
9
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.36
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.31
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.73
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.67
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.55
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.074
0.074
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.576
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kenley Jansen and Zip Zabel

Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
935
56100
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
67
394.12
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
552.94
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
76.89
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.91
11.23
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
88.24
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
47.06
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
78.48
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-1.72
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
180
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
76.47
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.85
7.85
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100