Scott Service vs. Tony Welzer — Career Comparison

Scott Service
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tony Welzer
Lost GenerationGermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tony Welzer 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. Tony Welzer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.78 and WHIP 1.626 compared to 4.99 and 1.549 for Scott Service. By the career numbers, Tony Welzer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Service and Tony Welzer

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
2.2
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.72
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.89
32.89
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.99
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.78
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
27
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
310.2
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
9.4
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
11.04
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.04
11.04
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.21
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.43
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
3.93
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.59
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
8.93
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
2.46
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.673
0.673
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
40.06
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1413
40.93
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.18
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.3
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
5.71
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.56
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.626
1.626
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599
34.57
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
37.14
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.06
40.06
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.93
40.93

Fielding Stats for Scott Service and Tony Welzer

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1249
27
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416.1
9
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.99
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.6
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.53
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.32
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.434
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Service and Tony Welzer

Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
12000
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
76
442.72
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
466.02
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
69.9
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
58.25
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.84
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
30.12
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
163.11
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-39.65
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
34.77
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
93.2
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
87.38
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.87
6.87
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
1.07
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.78
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA