Joe Kennedy vs. Pat Luby — Career Comparison

Joe Kennedy
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pat Luby
Pre-GenerationalSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Luby as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pat Luby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 4.79 and 1.496 for Joe Kennedy. By the career numbers, Pat Luby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Kennedy and Pat Luby

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.2
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.2
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.99
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.45
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.6
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.46
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.35
41.35
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.38
49.38
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.61
62.61
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.02
83.02
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.82
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
4.79
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
3.88
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2392
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
797.1
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1001
9.91
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
9.14
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.04
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.36
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.32
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
3.51
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
5.53
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
2.43
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.983
0.983
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.36
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.54
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.58
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4015
39.77
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3546
40.03
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.24
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
5.31
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
524
5.91
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.94
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3558
35.24
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3184
35.94
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03

Fielding Stats for Joe Kennedy and Pat Luby

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.2
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.23
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2934
27
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
978
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.48
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.16
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.27
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.62
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.96
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
2.97
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.74
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.78
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.5
93.5
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.254
2.254
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Luby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Kennedy and Pat Luby

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Pat Luby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
1293.2
Pat Luby
Career
Per 600 PA
132
166.04
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
103
600
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
600
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
91
530.1
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
430
540.88
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.704
0.704
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
16
93.2
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
127.04
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
75.73
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.09
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
37.74
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
22.67
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54.39
68.41
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
20
116.5
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
196.23
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
19
110.68
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
186.16
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
83.02
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
88.05
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
14
81.55
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
162.26
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.41
19.86
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.44
72.25
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.58
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.54
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
145.63
Pat Luby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.41
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.12
4.12
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.17
9.17
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
52.43
Pat Luby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Luby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100