Dick Pole vs. Scott Service — Career Comparison

Dick Pole
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Service
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Pole built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Service as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Service led in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 76), walk avoidance (BB%+ 100 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 86). Role difference aside, Scott Service holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dick Pole and Scott Service

Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
2.07
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.31
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.42
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.32
40.32
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.11
63.11
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
5.05
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.99
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1593
27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
531
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
607
10.29
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
9.4
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.03
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.21
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.54
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
3.93
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.05
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
8.93
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.24
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2351
39.85
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
40.06
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.18
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
5.58
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.3
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.29
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.85
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2092
35.46
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1599
34.57
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.85
39.85
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06

Fielding Stats for Dick Pole and Scott Service

Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
2.07
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.31
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1593
27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
531
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.51
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.03
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.99
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.61
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.6
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.54
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.53
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.79
95.79
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.11
63.11
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Pole and Scott Service

Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
73200
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
340
12000
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
1.84
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.12
-39.65
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
1.89
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Pole
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA