Zach McClellan vs. Bailey Ober — Career Comparison

Zach McClellan
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bailey Ober
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bailey Ober built a career as a starting pitcher and Zach McClellan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bailey Ober posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.122 compared to 5.79 and 1.929 for Zach McClellan. By the career numbers, Bailey Ober had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zach McClellan and Bailey Ober

Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.68
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.68
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.45
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.44
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.82
50.82
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.08
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
27
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617.2
9
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
12.86
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
8.16
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.5
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.94
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
8.36
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
8.8
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.193
1.193
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2516
36.66
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.23
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.26
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.52
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
36.64
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2340
34.1
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.66
36.66

Fielding Stats for Zach McClellan and Bailey Ober

Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
1.68
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.68
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
27
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617.2
9
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.52
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.76
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.31
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.28
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.78
97.78
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zach McClellan and Bailey Ober

Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
7200
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
34500
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bailey Ober
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zach McClellan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach McClellan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bailey Ober
Career
Per 600 PA