Matt Stites vs. Tony Welzer — Career Comparison

Matt Stites
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tony Welzer
Lost GenerationGermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tony Welzer built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Stites 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 7.13 and 1.656 for Matt Stites. By the career numbers, Tony Welzer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Stites and Tony Welzer

Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
10.37
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
2.2
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.72
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.89
32.89
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
7.13
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.78
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
27
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
27
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
9
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310.2
9
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
10.15
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
11.04
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.15
10.15
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.04
11.04
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.51
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.43
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.54
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.59
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.91
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
2.46
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.673
0.673
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
41.47
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1413
40.93
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.67
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.9
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
7.99
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.71
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.632
1.632
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.626
1.626
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
35.64
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
37.14
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.47
41.47
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.93
40.93

Fielding Stats for Matt Stites and Tony Welzer

Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
10.37
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
27
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.2
9
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.51
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.73
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.73
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.32
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.434
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Stites and Tony Welzer

Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
48
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
442.72
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
600
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
466.02
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
69.9
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
58.25
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
30.12
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
163.11
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.95
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
34.77
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
93.2
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
87.38
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.87
6.87
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
1.07
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.78
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Stites
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA