Jimmy Nelson vs. Kirk Saarloos — Career Comparison

Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kirk Saarloos
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Jimmy Nelson a clear advantage over Kirk Saarloos across the core pitching metrics. Jimmy Nelson led in strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 56), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 89), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 85). Kirk Saarloos held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 119). Jimmy Nelson was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Nelson and Kirk Saarloos

Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.92
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.46
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.53
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.15
49.15
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.24
44.24
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
4.12
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
5.02
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
8.74
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
10.47
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.94
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.06
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
3.44
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.45
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
4.44
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.859
0.859
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.5
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2856
38.81
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
39.8
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.48
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.63
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
5.32
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.99
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517
34.2
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2007
35.49
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Nelson and Kirk Saarloos

Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.92
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.81
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.96
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.84
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.52
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.76
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.39
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.24
44.24
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Nelson and Kirk Saarloos

Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
1941.18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
550.96
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
41
482.35
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
54.81
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
49.04
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
6.64
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
6.26
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
60.58
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
5
58.82
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
66.35
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
20.19
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.32
-15.58
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.54
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
141.18
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
37.5
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
105.88
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA