Cole Kimball vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Cole Kimball
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi built a career as a starting pitcher and Cole Kimball as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cole Kimball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.93 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 3.99 and 1.255 for Jake Odorizzi. By the career numbers, Cole Kimball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cole Kimball and Jake Odorizzi

Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.73
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.53
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.5
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.75
51.75
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
555
3.99
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.174
0.174
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1137
8.16
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.16
8.16
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.276
1.276
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
37.93
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
4.27
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.27
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.42
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
29.57
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4751
34.12
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.93
37.93
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Cole Kimball and Jake Odorizzi

Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.73
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.68
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.19
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.13
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.58
94.58
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.652
0.652
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cole Kimball and Jake Odorizzi

Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3600
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
4840
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
480
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.24
4.7
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
60
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
60
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-12.61
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Cole Kimball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cole Kimball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA