Monty Kennedy vs. Jim Roland — Career Comparison

Monty Kennedy
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Roland
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Monty Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Roland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Roland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.84 and 1.481 for Monty Kennedy. By the career numbers, Jim Roland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Monty Kennedy and Jim Roland

Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
2.33
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.32
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.19
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.34
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.3
43.3
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
51
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.43
13.43
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.45
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
410
3.84
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
3.22
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2883
27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1351
27
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
961
9
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.1
9
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
928
8.69
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
7.13
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.63
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.68
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
495
4.64
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
4.58
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
3.85
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
5.44
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.943
0.943
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.113
1.113
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.22
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4240
39.71
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1927
38.51
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.5
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.28
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
4.53
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.7
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.481
1.481
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3725
34.89
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1663
33.24
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Monty Kennedy and Jim Roland

Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.33
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.58
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
27
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
9
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.38
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.4
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.84
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.78
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.22
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.74
96.74
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.799
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.412
0.412
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.43
13.43
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Monty Kennedy and Jim Roland

Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
463.64
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
217
1400
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
330
600
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
301
547.27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
84
541.94
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
83.64
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
70.91
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.91
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.82
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.73
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.52
19.13
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
3.21
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
100
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
107.27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
45.45
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
47.27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
90.91
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
25.81
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.35
11.54
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.9
-25.19
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.64
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
20
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
140
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
232.26
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.29
4.29
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Monty Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
29.09
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.64
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA