Randy Niemann vs. Fred Talbot — Career Comparison

Randy Niemann
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Talbot
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Talbot built a career as a starting pitcher and Randy Niemann as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Randy Niemann led in home run suppression (HR9+ 294 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 84), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 94). Role difference aside, Randy Niemann holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Randy Niemann and Fred Talbot

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.32
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.4
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.59
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.43
40.43
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
4.64
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4.12
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561
27
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853.2
9
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
9.86
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
844
8.9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.01
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.69
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.52
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
4.59
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
4.73
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.5
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
39.82
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3677
38.77
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.62
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.27
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
5.04
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.54
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.63
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.86
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
773
34.78
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3316
34.96
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Randy Niemann and Fred Talbot

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562
27
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854
9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.72
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.73
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.67
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1.51
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.39
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
2.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.39
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
2.23
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.434
0.434
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Randy Niemann and Fred Talbot

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
2218.18
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
431.25
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
502.08
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.579
0.579
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
87.5
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
62.5
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.5
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
32.79
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.62
38.79
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
133.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
181.82
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
141.67
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.42
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
46.1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.55
36.57
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
90
187.5
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
4.71
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.75
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100