Aaron Laffey vs. Jim Manning — Career Comparison

Aaron Laffey
MillenialMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Manning
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Aaron Laffey built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Manning as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Aaron Laffey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.535 compared to 5.14 and 2.143 for Jim Manning. By the career numbers, Aaron Laffey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Aaron Laffey and Jim Manning

Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
2.84
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.24
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.47
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.53
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.27
47.27
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.59
43.59
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
4.44
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
27
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494.1
9
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
10.05
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
18
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.05
10.05
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.87
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
3.62
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
4.46
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.898
0.898
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.51
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2181
39.71
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
50.14
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.92
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
12.86
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.2
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.35
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.519
1.519
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1930
35.14
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
47.57
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14

Fielding Stats for Aaron Laffey and Jim Manning

Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
2.84
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.43
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.24
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1483
27
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
494.1
9
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.51
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.46
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.02
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
1.97
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.3
97.3
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.59
43.59
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Aaron Laffey and Jim Manning

Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
10400
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3000
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
26.79
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
31.45
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Jim Manning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Laffey
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Manning
Career
Per 600 PA