Kevin King vs. Elam Vangilder — Career Comparison

Kevin King
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elam Vangilder
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elam Vangilder built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elam Vangilder posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 7.34 and 2.054 for Kevin King. By the career numbers, Elam Vangilder had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin King and Elam Vangilder

Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9.98
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
1.93
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
0.98
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.52
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.54
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.25
49.25
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.95
50.95
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.47
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
7.34
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
4.28
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.34
7.34
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
27
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5147
27
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.2
9
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715.2
9
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
10.86
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1894
9.94
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.94
9.94
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.48
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.46
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
3.67
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.17
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.99
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
474
2.49
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.22
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
44.02
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7694
40.36
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.17
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.63
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
7.63
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1012
5.31
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.63
7.63
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.88
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.88
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.924
1.924
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.511
1.511
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
34.92
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6953
36.47
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.02
44.02
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36

Fielding Stats for Kevin King and Elam Vangilder

Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9.98
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
27
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.2
9
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.17
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.59
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.05
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.47
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.147
0.147
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.229
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin King and Elam Vangilder

Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
34
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
373
343.78
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
651
600
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
553.92
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
134.56
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
95.85
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
27.65
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.69
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.37
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.71
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.9
53.36
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
191.71
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
158.53
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
56.22
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
48.85
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
97.7
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.33
57.44
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.61
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.35
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
98
90.32
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.64
6.64
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
22.12
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elam Vangilder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Kevin King
Career
Per 600 PA
Elam Vangilder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0