Sid Monge vs. Jim Nelson — Career Comparison

Sid Monge
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Nelson
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Nelson built a career as a starting pitcher and Sid Monge as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Nelson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.592 compared to 3.53 and 1.444 for Sid Monge. By the career numbers, Jim Nelson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sid Monge and Jim Nelson

Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
5.12
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.8
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.2
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.05
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.06
55.06
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
3.53
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.06
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2292
27
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
27
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
9
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
9
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
8.34
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
7.95
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.95
7.95
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.93
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.44
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.19
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.59
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.46
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.79
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
5.55
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.63
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.083
1.083
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.136
1.136
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.4
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.7
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3292
38.78
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
39.41
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
2.52
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
4.03
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.58
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.41
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2850
33.57
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
32.42
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41

Fielding Stats for Sid Monge and Jim Nelson

Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
5.12
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.8
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.2
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.05
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2292
27
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
27
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764
9
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
9
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.44
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.96
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.05
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.61
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.75
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.48
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.57
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.97
91.97
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.563
0.563
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sid Monge and Jim Nelson

Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
10440
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
619.35
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
504
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.45
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
49.28
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
193.55
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-9.48
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
64.96
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
8
192
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
3.13
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
4.43
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Sid Monge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Monge
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA