Earl Kunz vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Earl Kunz
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi built a career as a starting pitcher and Earl Kunz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake Odorizzi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 5.52 and 1.577 for Earl Kunz. By the career numbers, Jake Odorizzi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earl Kunz and Jake Odorizzi

Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.14
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.73
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.5
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.52
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.99
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.2
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
9.46
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
8.16
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.73
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.36
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.788
0.788
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
39.61
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.77
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
6.5
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.27
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.42
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.577
1.577
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
34.88
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4751
34.12
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Earl Kunz and Jake Odorizzi

Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3760
27
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253.1
9
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.68
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.19
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.13
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.23
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.652
0.652
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Kunz and Jake Odorizzi

Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
21
1050
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
4840
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
480
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
40
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
40
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
3.7
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
4.7
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
40
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-27.74
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.63
-12.61
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Earl Kunz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Kunz
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA