Fred Mitchell vs. Chad Sobotka — Career Comparison

Fred Mitchell
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chad Sobotka
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Mitchell built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Sobotka as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Mitchell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 5.36 and 1.511 for Chad Sobotka. By the career numbers, Fred Mitchell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Mitchell and Chad Sobotka

Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.22
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.57
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.08
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.39
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.63
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.66
88.66
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.89
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.1
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.36
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2155
27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718.1
9
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
10.1
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
7.47
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.2
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.53
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.8
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.74
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
2.71
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
11.68
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.68
11.68
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.936
1.936
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.43
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.53
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.66
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3172
39.74
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
40.6
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.49
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
5.89
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.74
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.15
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2816
35.28
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
34.09
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Fred Mitchell and Chad Sobotka

Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.23
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.57
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.64
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
2.84
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.12
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
5.32
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.96
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.26
93.26
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.048
4.048
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.13
52.13
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Mitchell and Chad Sobotka

Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
198.69
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
10000
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
610
600
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
572
562.62
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
118.03
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
95.41
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.74
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.89
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.62
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.91
38.27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
147.54
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
144.59
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.508
0.508
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
54.1
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.15
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
105.25
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41.68
41
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.92
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
21.64
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
90.49
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.82
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA