Sam Jones vs. Frank Viola — Career Comparison

Sam Jones
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Sam Jones a clear advantage over Frank Viola across the core pitching metrics. Sam Jones led in home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 73), strikeout rate (K%+ 149 vs 114), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 95). Frank Viola held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 72). Sam Jones was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Sam Jones and Frank Viola

Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
1.76
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.21
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.56
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
0.56
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.56
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.48
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.99
53.99
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.81
68.81
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.42
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.23
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.63
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1175
3.73
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5008
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1669.1
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1437
7.75
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2827
8.97
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.82
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.93
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
840
4.53
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
2.74
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.12
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1393
7.51
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1844
5.85
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.24
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.32
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.15
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7204
38.84
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11933
37.86
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
778
4.19
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4.13
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.28
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.2
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.68
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6301
33.97
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10870
34.49
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Sam Jones and Frank Viola

Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
1.81
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.22
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4874
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1624.2
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.47
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.21
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
1.18
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.79
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
1.55
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
1.68
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.44
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.52
93.52
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.58
67.58
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Jones and Frank Viola

Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
327
327.55
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
421
1202.86
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
599
600
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
210
600
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
533
533.89
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
185
528.57
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
81.14
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
26
74.29
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
73.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
23
65.71
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7.01
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
8.01
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
14.97
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
4.01
11.46
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
91.15
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
99.17
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
19.03
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
30.05
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.14
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.08
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
14
40
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.64
6.66
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.93
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.03
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
167
167.28
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
5.12
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
44.07
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.01
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.02
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA