Joe Kennedy vs. Chad Zerbe — Career Comparison

Joe Kennedy
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chad Zerbe
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Zerbe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chad Zerbe led in home run suppression (HR9+ 179 vs 105), walk avoidance (BB%+ 138 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 89). Joe Kennedy held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 83 vs 57). Role difference aside, Chad Zerbe holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Joe Kennedy and Chad Zerbe

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
2.2
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.6
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.35
41.35
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
4.79
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.87
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1001
9.91
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
9.48
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.04
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.6
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
3.32
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.74
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.23
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
5.53
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.17
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.983
0.983
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.36
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4015
39.77
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
38.38
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.44
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
536
5.31
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.29
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.24
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.94
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.43
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3558
35.24
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
34.03
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.77
39.77
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Joe Kennedy and Chad Zerbe

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
2.2
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.48
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.54
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.67
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.96
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.26
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.74
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.21
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.37
97.37
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.793
0.793
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Kennedy and Chad Zerbe

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
222
1293.2
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
2850
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
530.1
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
93.2
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
75.73
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.83
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.48
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
22.67
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
6.3
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
116.5
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
110.68
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.95
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
19.86
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-5.27
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.48
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
25
145.63
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.12
4.12
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
4.8
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
52.43
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.83
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA