Matt Palmer vs. Carlos Torres — Career Comparison

Matt Palmer
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Carlos Torres
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Matt Palmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Carlos Torres as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carlos Torres posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.388 compared to 4.56 and 1.505 for Matt Palmer. By the career numbers, Carlos Torres had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Palmer and Carlos Torres

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.06
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
6.43
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.18
49.18
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
4.09
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1520
27
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506.2
9
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
8.79
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
8.74
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.12
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.41
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.34
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
4.76
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
7.94
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.48
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
39.24
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2163
38.42
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.68
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.69
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.9
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.26
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.34
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.26
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.76
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
33.6
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
33.93
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Matt Palmer and Carlos Torres

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.06
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
6.43
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1520
27
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506.2
9
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.59
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.92
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.24
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.65
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.92
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.55
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.83
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.508
0.508
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Palmer and Carlos Torres

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
63
3150
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
5185.71
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
500
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
485.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
28.42
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.67
9.5
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
85.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
35.37
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0.06
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
250
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
19
271.43
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.4
2.4
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Carlos Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Carlos Torres
Career
Per 600 PA