Larry Andersen vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Larry Andersen
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Peavy
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jake Peavy built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Andersen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Andersen led in home run suppression (HR9+ 152 vs 87), walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 110), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 107 vs 96). Jake Peavy held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 89). Role difference aside, Larry Andersen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Larry Andersen and Jake Peavy

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.35
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.48
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.63
50.63
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
3.15
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
960
3.63
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
932
8.43
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.52
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
2.81
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.58
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
6.85
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.074
1.074
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.19
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.17
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.15
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4171
37.72
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.41
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
3.63
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1011
3.83
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.24
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.23
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.64
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.63
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.249
1.249
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3750
33.91
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.72
37.72
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Larry Andersen and Jake Peavy

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.88
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
0.69
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.37
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
2.47
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.78
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.24
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.72
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.84
90.84
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Andersen and Jake Peavy

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
699
9320
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
393
394.31
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
38
506.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
519
520.74
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
87.29
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
66.22
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.37
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.94
24.02
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
115.38
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112.37
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
48.16
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
7.97
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.53
18.59
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
22.07
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
200
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
165
165.55
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
3.62
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
52.17
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0