Jack Kull vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

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Looking at the career totals, Jack Kull and Mariano Rivera are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mariano Rivera posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.21 vs 3) and WHIP (1.032 vs 2.667). Jack Kull had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.5). By the career numbers, Mariano Rivera had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jack Kull and Mariano Rivera

Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.57
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.75
57.75
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
12
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
8.22
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
54
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.667
2.667
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Jack Kull and Mariano Rivera

Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.81
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
2.62
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
2.58
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.4
98.4
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Kull and Mariano Rivera

Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kull
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA