Joe Orrell vs. Hub Pruett — Career Comparison

Joe Orrell
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hub Pruett built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Orrell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Orrell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.01 and WHIP 1.517 compared to 4.63 and 1.627 for Hub Pruett. By the career numbers, Joe Orrell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Orrell and Hub Pruett

Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.21
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.55
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.7
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.83
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.35
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.58
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.88
21.88
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.01
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
4.63
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.2
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.03
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
816
9.86
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.62
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
4.78
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.61
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
4.31
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.45
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
39.65
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3395
41.01
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.41
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.95
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.01
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
5.65
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.517
1.517
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.627
1.627
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
34.53
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2962
35.78
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.65
39.65
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01

Fielding Stats for Joe Orrell and Hub Pruett

Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.3
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.813
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Orrell and Hub Pruett

Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
800
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
506.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
508.8
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
86.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
72
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
14.58
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.3
27.13
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.2
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
125
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
136.8
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
21.6
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
8.77
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.55
27.72
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
200
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
124.8
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.8
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Joe Orrell
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0