Al Lawson vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Al Lawson
Pre-GenerationalEnglandThrows RightBats RightEuropePittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Lawson 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 6.63 and 2.158 for Al Lawson. By the career numbers, Jake Odorizzi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Lawson and Jake Odorizzi

Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.5
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.34
98.34
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.63
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.99
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
12.79
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
8.16
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.79
12.79
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.63
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.895
0.895
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
46.42
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
12.79
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.27
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.79
12.79
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.42
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.158
2.158
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
39.79
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4751
34.12
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.42
46.42
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Al Lawson and Jake Odorizzi

Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.42
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.37
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.68
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.32
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.19
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.37
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.13
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Lawson and Jake Odorizzi

Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
4840
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
514.29
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
480
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
4.7
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
60
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-27.31
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.63
-12.61
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Al Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA