Jim Mooney vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Jim Mooney
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Mooney built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Mooney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.25 and WHIP 1.570 compared to 4.34 and 1.437 for Alex Young. By the career numbers, Jim Mooney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Mooney and Alex Young

Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
2.33
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.04
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.51
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.57
44.57
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
4.25
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.34
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1068
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
10.77
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9.24
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.77
10.77
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.36
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
3.44
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.93
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.699
0.699
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
40.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
39.51
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.73
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
4.88
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
5.06
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
36.76
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1089
35.3
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.25
40.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Jim Mooney and Alex Young

Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.81
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
833
27
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277.2
9
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.78
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.26
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.23
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.794
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.12
14.12
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Mooney and Alex Young

Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
92
488.5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
557.52
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
7.74
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.17
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.86
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.67
-8.89
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.27
10.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mooney
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA