Chad Sobotka vs. Alex Wood — Career Comparison

Chad Sobotka
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Wood
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Alex Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Sobotka as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Wood posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.277 compared to 5.36 and 1.511 for Chad Sobotka. By the career numbers, Alex Wood had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chad Sobotka and Alex Wood

Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.57
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.55
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.49
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.1
53.1
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.36
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
3.78
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
7.47
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1211
8.66
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.53
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.91
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.74
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.68
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
11.68
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
8.39
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.68
11.68
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.936
1.936
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.53
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.52
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
40.6
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5301
37.92
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.49
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.74
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
4.14
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.31
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.24
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.15
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.86
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
34.09
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4778
34.18
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92

Fielding Stats for Chad Sobotka and Alex Wood

Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.57
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
1.99
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.51
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3774
27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
9
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.1
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.47
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.37
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.66
93.66
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.691
0.691
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Sobotka and Alex Wood

Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
10000
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
518.27
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
276
512.69
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
42.72
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
39.01
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
5.39
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
46.44
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
68.73
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.86
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
22.29
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
37.15
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.18
-17.06
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.01
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
171
317.65
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
1.89
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
61.3
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Sobotka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.57
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Chad Sobotka
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50