Juan Padrón vs. Kent Tekulve — Career Comparison

Juan Padrón
Lost GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kent Tekulve
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Juan Padrón built a career as a starting pitcher and Kent Tekulve as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Juan Padrón posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.143 compared to 2.85 and 1.375 for Kent Tekulve. By the career numbers, Juan Padrón had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Juan Padrón and Kent Tekulve

Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
1.42
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
6.58
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.06
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.5
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.59
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.53
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.56
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.09
51.09
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.61
74.61
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.71
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.15
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.74
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
2.85
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
3675
27
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4310
27
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
1225
9
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1436.2
9
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
7.94
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1305
8.18
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.39
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
2.34
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
3.08
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.12
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
5.12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
779
4.88
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.829
0.829
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.29
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
4588
33.71
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6001
37.59
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
4
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
3.81
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
3.3
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.16
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.58
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.27
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.57
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.01
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
4071
29.91
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5358
33.57
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.71
33.71
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.59
37.59

Fielding Stats for Juan Padrón and Kent Tekulve

Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
1.57
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
6.58
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.75
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
3449
27
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4311
27
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
1149.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1437
9
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.41
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.58
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.27
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.05
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.14
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.82
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
2.71
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.68
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
2.63
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.702
1.702
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.76
47.76
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Juan Padrón and Kent Tekulve

Juan Padrón
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 600 PA
211
238.87
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1050
4772.73
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
530
600
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
132
600
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
487
551.32
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
121
550
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
112.08
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
99.62
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.79
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.66
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
12.45
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.46
35.62
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
5.11
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
135.85
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
141.51
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
50.94
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
8
36.36
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
58.87
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
104.15
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.51
39.07
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.22
-19.17
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.66
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.77
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.27
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
61
277.27
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176.67
176.67
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
19.25
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.53
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.53
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Padrón
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA