Al Piechota vs. Vicente Romo — Career Comparison

Al Piechota
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Vicente Romo
Silent GenerationMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Piechota built a career as a starting pitcher and Vicente Romo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Vicente Romo posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.389 compared to 5.66 and 1.774 for Al Piechota. By the career numbers, Vicente Romo had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Piechota and Vicente Romo

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
3.19
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.67
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.45
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.73
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.23
49.23
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.72
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.66
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.36
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
9.87
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
7.93
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.85
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.1
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.9
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.67
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.61
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
5.8
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.968
0.968
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.078
1.078
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.28
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.53
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2738
38.17
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.02
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.23
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
6.53
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
3.75
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.774
1.774
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
36.44
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2401
33.47
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Al Piechota and Vicente Romo

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.67
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.45
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1938
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.77
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.31
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.17
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.98
93.98
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.466
0.466
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Piechota and Vicente Romo

Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
22
550
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
1405.59
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
600
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
507.69
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
75.52
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
67.13
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.39
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
33.94
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.29
18
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
92.31
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
92.31
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
29.37
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.78
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.96
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
44.7
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
11.82
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.59
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
24
100.7
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
5.96
5.96
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
71.33
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA