Bob Vail vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Bob Vail
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Vail built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.437 compared to 6 and 1.467 for Bob Vail. By the career numbers, Alex Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Vail and Alex Young

Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.81
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.2
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.58
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9.24
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.2
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.44
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
5.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.067
1.067
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
38.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
39.51
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.8
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.91
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
33.6
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Bob Vail and Alex Young

Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.81
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.78
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.26
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.23
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Vail and Alex Young

Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
99.33
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
112.5
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Bob Vail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Vail
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA