Jim Burton vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Jim Burton
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican 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 Jim Burton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Burton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 3.63 and 1.213 for Jake Peavy. By the career numbers, Jim Burton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Burton and Jake Peavy

Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.48
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.75
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
960
3.63
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9.7
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.97
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.23
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
6.79
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.114
1.114
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.17
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
39.29
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.85
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.23
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.63
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
35.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Jim Burton and Jake Peavy

Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.46
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.78
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.46
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.72
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Burton and Jake Peavy

Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
30
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
394.31
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
598
600
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
519
520.74
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
87.29
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66.22
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.94
24.02
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
115.38
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112.37
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.16
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.53
18.59
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.07
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
165
165.55
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
3.62
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
52.17
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0