Alex Jones vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Alex Jones
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 3.73 and 1.378 for Alex Jones. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Jones and Zack Wheeler

Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.08
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.81
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.73
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
8.94
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.46
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.92
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
0.709
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.4
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
39.8
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
6.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
35.85
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Alex Jones and Zack Wheeler

Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.16
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
603
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.24
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.13
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.423
2.423
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Jones and Zack Wheeler

Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
26
179.31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
544.83
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
89.66
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
82.76
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.86
26.6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
14
96.55
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
144.83
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
62.07
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
96.55
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
25.08
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
227.59
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA