Jim Parque vs. Mike Venafro — Career Comparison

Jim Parque
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Venafro
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Parque built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Venafro as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Venafro led in home run suppression (HR9+ 253 vs 108), walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 97). Jim Parque held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 92 vs 67). Role difference aside, Mike Venafro holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Parque and Mike Venafro

Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.7
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.6
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.51
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.56
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.69
47.69
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.17
94.17
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
5.42
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.09
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1633
27
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544.1
9
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
650
10.75
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.38
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.29
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
3.98
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.34
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
5.54
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.65
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.75
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2492
41.2
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1107
39.33
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.42
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
366
6.05
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.58
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.26
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.96
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.31
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.637
1.637
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.413
1.413
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2190
36.21
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
34.28
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.2
41.2
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Jim Parque and Mike Venafro

Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.7
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.6
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1633
27
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544.1
9
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.22
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.85
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.57
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.49
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.5
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.27
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.17
94.17
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Parque and Mike Venafro

Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
4753.85
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
307
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
461.54
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
16.65
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
20.75
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Parque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Parque
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA