Scott Sullivan vs. Jim Tobin — Career Comparison

Scott Sullivan
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Tobin
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Tobin built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Tobin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 3.98 and 1.368 for Scott Sullivan. By the career numbers, Jim Tobin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Sullivan and Jim Tobin

Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
1.36
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.08
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.49
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.5
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.53
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.74
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
3.98
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
3.44
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2212
27
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5700
27
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
737.1
9
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1900
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
8.19
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1929
9.14
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.09
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
3.43
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.64
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.7
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
7.59
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
2.36
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.555
0.555
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.73
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.13
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3146
38.4
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8074
38.25
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.56
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.22
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
4.31
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
4.08
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.23
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.76
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2755
33.63
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7490
35.48
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Scott Sullivan and Jim Tobin

Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
6.81
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2212
27
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
737.1
9
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.45
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.87
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.15
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.46
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.32
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.024
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Sullivan and Jim Tobin

Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
6576.47
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
396
268.78
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
884
600
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
564.71
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
540.27
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.666
0.666
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
124.21
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
86.88
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
23.76
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.04
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.54
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
37.33
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.49
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.25
57.18
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
186.65
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
180.54
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
54.98
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
69.23
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.53
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
112.67
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.29
-26.96
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.75
58.2
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.04
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.3
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
329.41
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
109.95
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.82
1.82
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.39
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
14.93
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Scott Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Tobin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100