Sam Page vs. Willis Roberts — Career Comparison

Sam Page
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willis Roberts
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Page built a career as a starting pitcher and Willis Roberts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willis Roberts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.64 and WHIP 1.521 compared to 6.95 and 2.227 for Sam Page. By the career numbers, Willis Roberts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Page and Willis Roberts

Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.64
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
5.13
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.23
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.59
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.52
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.13
53.13
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.16
12.16
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.24
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.95
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.64
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.95
6.95
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.95
7.95
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
779
27
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259.2
9
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
13.91
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
9.6
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.91
13.91
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.6
9.6
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.94
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.14
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.88
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.5
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
6.2
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.121
1.121
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.45
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.87
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
47.05
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
40.38
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.87
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
5.06
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.73
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.227
2.227
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.498
1.498
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
40.91
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
35.01
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.05
47.05
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.38
40.38

Fielding Stats for Sam Page and Willis Roberts

Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
5.13
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.62
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
27
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259.2
9
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.52
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.35
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.04
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.87
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.53
91.53
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.365
0.365
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.16
12.16
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Page and Willis Roberts

Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
14800
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.944
0.944
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
69.43
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
18.03
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.929
0.929
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
96
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
18.45
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Sam Page
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Willis Roberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Page
Career
Per 600 PA
Willis Roberts
Career
Per 600 PA