Michael Neu vs. Roy Oswalt — Career Comparison

Michael Neu
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Oswalt
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Roy Oswalt built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Neu as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Oswalt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.226 compared to 3.72 and 1.696 for Michael Neu. By the career numbers, Roy Oswalt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Michael Neu and Roy Oswalt

Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
6.46
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
1.46
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1.37
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.65
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.41
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.51
61.51
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.72
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.36
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6736
27
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245.1
9
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
9.39
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2199
8.81
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.59
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
0.79
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.48
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
2.08
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
4.3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1852
7.42
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.056
1.056
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.32
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
41.48
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9301
37.28
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.09
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.91
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
897
3.6
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.42
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.23
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.81
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.652
1.652
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.211
1.211
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
35.41
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8539
34.23
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.48
41.48
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Michael Neu and Roy Oswalt

Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
6.46
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
1.47
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
1.37
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6742
27
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2247.1
9
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.68
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.35
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
1.24
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.93
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.95
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.93
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
1.92
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.16
98.16
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.44
93.44
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.12
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Neu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Neu and Roy Oswalt

Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
33
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
278.89
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
796
600
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
657
495.23
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
76.13
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
70.1
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.28
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.03
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.7
15.6
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
83.67
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
100.25
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.61
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
27.14
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
48.99
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.77
11.89
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.77
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
20.35
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
181
136.43
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
79.9
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Michael Neu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.52
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Neu
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Oswalt
Career
Per 600 PA