Ken Raffensberger vs. Erik Sabel — Career Comparison

Ken Raffensberger
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Erik Sabel
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Raffensberger built a career as a starting pitcher and Erik Sabel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Raffensberger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.258 compared to 5.02 and 1.541 for Erik Sabel. By the career numbers, Ken Raffensberger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Raffensberger and Erik Sabel

Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.66
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.38
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
1.18
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.5
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.64
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.59
43.59
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.21
71.21
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.56
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
3.6
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.02
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6455
27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2151.2
9
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2257
9.44
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
10.48
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.8
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
1.88
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.66
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
3.37
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.57
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.583
0.583
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.803
0.803
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9051
37.86
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
39.54
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.28
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
993
4.15
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.16
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.258
1.258
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8583
35.9
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
36
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Ken Raffensberger and Erik Sabel

Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
344.9
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
7.38
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
61.84
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
291.77
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.03
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
14.81
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
368.42
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
353.61
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
14.81
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Raffensberger and Erik Sabel

Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
305.78
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
15000
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
779
600
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
688
529.91
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
74.71
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
59.31
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.32
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.08
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
15.4
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.69
15.93
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
96.28
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
90.89
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
29.27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
23.88
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
50.06
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.03
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
15.4
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
280
215.66
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
2.78
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
53.92
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.01
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Raffensberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA