Jim Canavan vs. Jon Jay — Career Comparison

Jim Canavan
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueSecond Baseman
Jon Jay
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueCenter Fielder

On the career numbers, Jon Jay posted the stronger offensive profile against Jim Canavan. Jon Jay posted stronger numbers in OPS (.725 vs .650) and on-base percentage (.351 vs .305). Jim Canavan had the advantage in home run production (30 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Jon Jay had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Jim Canavan and Jon Jay

Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
541
139.91
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1201
167.04
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
2320
600
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4314
600
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2072
535.86
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3838
533.8
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.705
0.705
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.744
0.744
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
464
120
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1087
151.18
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
322
83.28
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
840
116.83
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
63
16.29
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
25.73
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
12.67
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
25
3.48
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
7.76
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
5.15
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
36.72
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
34.35
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
260.75
67.44
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500.23
69.57
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
715
184.91
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1433
199.3
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
705
182.33
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1482
206.12
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
0.65
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.721
0.721
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.665
0.665
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.655
0.655
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
326
84.31
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
532
73.99
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
75.26
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
47.43
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
587
151.81
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
836
116.27
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
270.89
70.06
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
541.26
75.28
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.33
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
15.3
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
60
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
39.64
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
3.06
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
42.67
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
716
99.58
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.06
14.06
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
6.03
6.03
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
1.41
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.81
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
7.65
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
3.62
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
90
12.52
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
29.48
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
55
7.65
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
4.59
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
29.48
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
88
12.24
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jon Jay
Career
Per 600 PA
62.5
62.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Canavan and Jon Jay

Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
1.04
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
1.15
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
0.99
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14112
27
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25166
27
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4704
9
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8388.2
9
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1195
2.29
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2096
2.25
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
995
1.9
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.04
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.48
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.01
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2439
4.67
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2139
2.29
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2190
4.19
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2130
2.29
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.79
89.79
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.58
99.58
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.026
4.026
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.994
1.994
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Jay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.42
86.42
Jim Canavan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.2
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.01
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Canavan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Jay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0