Eric Junge vs. Tom Zachary — Career Comparison

Eric Junge
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Zachary
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Zachary built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Junge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Junge posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 3.73 and 1.437 for Tom Zachary. By the career numbers, Eric Junge had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Junge and Tom Zachary

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
1.53
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
1.18
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
0.54
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.55
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.34
49.34
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.74
76.74
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.54
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1295
3.73
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9379
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.1
9
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
8.41
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
3580
10.31
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.34
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.66
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
914
2.63
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
2.07
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.523
0.523
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.11
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.12
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.04
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
37.18
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13551
39.01
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1552
4.47
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.89
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.33
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
33.64
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12596
36.26
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Eric Junge and Tom Zachary

Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.43
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
27
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.1
9
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
773
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.77
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Junge and Tom Zachary

Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
2000
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
546
265.91
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1232
600
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1122
546.43
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.584
0.584
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
254
123.7
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
101.3
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
13.64
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
5.84
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.92
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
22.4
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87.68
42.7
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
157.79
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
154.87
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
38.47
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
54.55
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
90.1
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97.01
47.24
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.97
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
30.19
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
261
127.11
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
22.4
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
7
3.41
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Zachary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Eric Junge
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Zachary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0