Jim Roland vs. Slim Sallee — Career Comparison

Jim Roland
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Slim Sallee
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Slim Sallee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Roland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Slim Sallee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.170 compared to 3.22 and 1.350 for Jim Roland. By the career numbers, Slim Sallee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Roland and Slim Sallee

Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.32
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
1.52
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
0.98
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.55
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.34
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.46
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.78
52.78
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.43
13.43
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.5
64.5
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.6
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.11
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
3.22
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.56
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1351
27
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8465
27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.1
9
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2821.2
9
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
7.13
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2729
8.7
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.68
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.22
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
4.58
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.83
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
5.44
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
836
2.67
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.113
1.113
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.14
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1927
38.51
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11476
36.6
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.28
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.39
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
3.7
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1091
3.48
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1663
33.24
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10860
34.64
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Jim Roland and Slim Sallee

Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
4.33
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
9.25
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.01
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389
27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
9
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.67
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.4
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
12.85
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.84
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
14.93
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.78
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
14.52
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.74
96.74
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.569
1.569
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.43
13.43
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Roland and Slim Sallee

Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
217
1400
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
476
277.01
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1031
600
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
541.94
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
924
537.73
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
91.95
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
81.47
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.98
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.16
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
10.48
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
3.21
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.98
23.85
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
38.71
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
107.08
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
120.47
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
33.17
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
30.26
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
25.81
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
62.27
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.9
-25.19
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.92
22.07
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.75
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
26.77
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
232.26
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
233
135.6
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
38.71
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
33.75
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.16
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.16
Jim Roland
Career
Per 600 PA
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100