Jim Kern vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Jim Kern
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Kern as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Kern led in home run suppression (HR9+ 169 vs 89), strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 103), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 96). Jake Odorizzi held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 94 vs 68). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Kern.

Pitching Stats for Jim Kern and Jake Odorizzi

Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.72
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.73
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.6
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.53
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.65
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.5
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.32
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
3.99
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2380
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
793.1
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
7.6
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1137
8.16
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.16
8.16
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.4
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
5.04
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.69
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
651
7.39
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.39
7.39
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.276
1.276
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.54
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3422
38.82
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.88
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
3.77
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
4.27
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.81
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.36
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.27
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.84
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.42
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2846
32.29
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4751
34.12
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Jim Kern and Jake Odorizzi

Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.72
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.73
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
2380
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
793.1
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.3
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.68
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.18
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.97
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.19
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.79
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.13
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.8
90.8
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.652
0.652
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Kern and Jake Odorizzi

Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
24960
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
242
4840
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
480
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
4.7
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
60
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.66
-39.83
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.63
-12.61
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Kern
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kern
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA