Chris Michalak vs. Harley Payne — Career Comparison

Chris Michalak
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harley Payne
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Michalak built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Payne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harley Payne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.461 compared to 4.7 and 1.683 for Chris Michalak. By the career numbers, Harley Payne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Michalak and Harley Payne

Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.87
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.29
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.13
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.16
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.47
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.48
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.58
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.34
39.34
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.92
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
4.7
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
4.04
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
27
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1671
27
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
191.1
9
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
9
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
10.72
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
678
10.96
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.72
10.72
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.96
10.96
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.27
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
4
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.2
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.42
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
4.09
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
2.39
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.899
0.899
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.44
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
41.02
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2440
39.43
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.47
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.13
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
5.99
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.22
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.461
1.461
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
756
35.56
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2277
36.79
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.43
39.43

Fielding Stats for Chris Michalak and Harley Payne

Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.87
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.3
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.13
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
27
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701
27
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
191.1
9
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
9
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.75
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.4
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.02
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.63
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.87
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
3.25
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.78
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
3.03
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.17
93.17
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.967
0.967
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.329
2.329
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.34
39.34
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Michalak and Harley Payne

Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
2287.5
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
206.48
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
11
412.5
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
539.27
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.906
0.906
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.583
0.583
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
123.89
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
109.31
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.72
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.86
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.57
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.92
71.93
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.74
43.09
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
143.32
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
167.61
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.879
0.879
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.553
0.553
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
48.58
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
58.3
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
106.88
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.08
78.09
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.26
51.64
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.72
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
36.44
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.47
16.47
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Harley Payne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
Harley Payne
Career
Per 600 PA