Walter Ball vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jake Peavy
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Ball posted a stronger line than Jake Peavy. Walter Ball posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.65 vs 3.63) and home runs allowed (0.17 per nine innings vs 0.98). By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Jake Peavy

Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.97
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.48
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.24
54.24
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.08
73.08
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
960
3.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
2.68
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.17
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2211
37.52
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
3.92
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.24
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.63
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2014
34.18
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.52
37.52
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Jake Peavy

Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.78
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.72
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.168
1.168
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.59
27.59
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Jake Peavy

Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
394.31
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
346
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
520.74
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
87.29
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
66
66.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.4
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.73
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
11
19.08
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
23.94
24.02
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
115.38
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
112.37
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
48.16
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
33
33.11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
18.53
18.59
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.01
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
22.07
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
165
165.55
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
3.62
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
52.17
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.73
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0