Virgil Jester vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Virgil Jester
Greatest GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Virgil Jester 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 3.84 and 1.480 for Virgil Jester. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Jester and Lance McCullers

Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.52
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.96
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.48
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.6
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.48
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.84
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
10.08
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.08
10.08
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.24
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.693
0.693
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
39.12
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
4.32
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
35.76
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Virgil Jester and Lance McCullers

Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1579
27
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526.1
9
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.88
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.71
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.714
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Jester and Lance McCullers

Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
21
572.73
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
518.18
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
109.09
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.55
42.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
163.64
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
91.53
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.77
48.22
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
109.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Virgil Jester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Virgil Jester
Career
Per 600 PA
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100