Mike McClendon vs. Joe Trimble — Career Comparison

Mike McClendon
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Trimble
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Trimble built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike McClendon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike McClendon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 7.48 and 1.846 for Joe Trimble. By the career numbers, Mike McClendon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike McClendon and Joe Trimble

Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.47
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.91
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.66
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.92
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.88
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.48
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.79
7.79
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
27
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48.2
9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.25
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9.55
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.74
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.91
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.77
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.47
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
4.15
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.027
1.027
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.74
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.74
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
39.21
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
42.78
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.4
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.83
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.25
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
7.89
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.74
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
35.14
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
35.72
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.21
39.21
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.78
42.78

Fielding Stats for Mike McClendon and Joe Trimble

Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.47
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.91
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.66
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
27
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48.2
9
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.03
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.49
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
2.4
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.32
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
2.4
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.91
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike McClendon and Joe Trimble

Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
5250
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.37
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-32.34
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Joe Trimble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McClendon
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Trimble
Career
Per 600 PA