Harry Child vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Harry Child
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican 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 Harry Child as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jake Peavy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.213 compared to 6.3 and 1.500 for Harry Child. By the career numbers, Jake Peavy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Child and Jake Peavy

Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.48
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
6.3
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
3.63
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.5
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
4.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.17
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
39.6
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
6.3
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.63
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
35.1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.6
39.6
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Harry Child and Jake Peavy

Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7131
27
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2377
9
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
1.02
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.78
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.72
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Child
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Child and Jake Peavy

Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
750
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
394.31
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
520.74
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
87.29
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
66.22
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.94
24.02
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
115.38
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
112.37
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.16
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.53
18.59
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.07
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
165
165.55
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
3.62
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
52.17
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Harry Child
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Harry Child
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0