Bill Popp vs. Alex Wells — Career Comparison

Bill Popp
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Wells
Gen ZAustraliaThrows LeftBats LeftOceaniaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alex Wells built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Popp as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Popp posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.92 and WHIP 1.873 compared to 6.6 and 1.597 for Alex Wells. By the career numbers, Bill Popp had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Popp and Alex Wells

Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.34
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.53
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.04
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.55
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.9
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.58
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.54
61.54
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.75
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.92
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
6.6
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
12.98
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
11.27
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.98
12.98
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.27
11.27
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.33
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
3.88
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.11
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.98
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.22
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.75
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.58
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
43.11
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
41.37
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
8.95
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.6
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.873
1.873
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.597
1.597
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
38.49
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
37.49
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.11
43.11
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.37
41.37

Fielding Stats for Bill Popp and Alex Wells

Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.35
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.53
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.55
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
27
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.85
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.97
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.45
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.55
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.15
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Popp and Alex Wells

Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
547.83
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
1.1
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.45
-37.75
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
8
208.7
Alex Wells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Popp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Popp
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wells
Career
Per 600 PA