Jimmy Nelson vs. Blake Snell — Career Comparison

Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Blake Snell
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Blake Snell a clear advantage over Jimmy Nelson across the core pitching metrics. Blake Snell led in strikeout rate (K%+ 137 vs 105), run prevention (ERA+ 128 vs 105), and home run suppression (HR9+ 139 vs 119). Jimmy Nelson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 73). Blake Snell was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Nelson and Blake Snell

Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
1.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.47
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.46
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.63
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.48
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.64
56.64
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.47
73.47
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
4.12
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
3.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3474
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1158
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
8.74
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
891
6.92
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.94
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.86
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
3.44
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
521
4.05
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
8.45
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1440
11.19
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.19
11.19
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.693
1.693
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
38.81
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
37.24
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.63
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
3.42
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.23
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.14
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.62
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2517
34.2
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4222
32.81
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.24
37.24

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Nelson and Blake Snell

Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
1.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.47
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3474
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1158
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.96
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.89
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.52
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.39
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1.11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.644
0.644
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.47
73.47
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100.45
100.45
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Nelson and Blake Snell

Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
2676
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
50
600
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
550.96
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
42
504
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
54.81
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
49.04
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
6.79
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
60.58
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
96
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
20.19
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
28.85
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.6
-7.18
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.54
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
240
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Blake Snell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
37.5
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Blake Snell
Career
Per 600 PA