Joe Kennedy vs. Bill Risley — Career Comparison

Joe Kennedy
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Risley
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Risley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Risley led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 83), run prevention (ERA+ 125 vs 89), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 93). Joe Kennedy held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 91). Role difference aside, Bill Risley holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Joe Kennedy and Bill Risley

Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
2.2
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
6.38
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.61
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.6
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.53
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.35
41.35
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
4.79
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.98
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.1
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1001
9.91
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.32
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.04
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.26
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.32
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.11
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.23
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
5.53
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
8.25
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.983
0.983
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.36
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4015
39.77
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
37.61
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.75
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
536
5.31
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.31
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.24
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.94
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.73
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3558
35.24
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
32.53
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.77
39.77
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Joe Kennedy and Bill Risley

Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
2.2
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
6.38
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.1
9
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.48
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.27
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.96
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.98
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.74
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.94
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.793
0.793
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Kennedy and Bill Risley

Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
222
1293.2
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
47100
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
530.1
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
93.2
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
75.73
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.83
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.48
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
22.67
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
116.5
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
110.68
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.95
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
19.86
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.48
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
25
145.63
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
4.12
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
52.43
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA