Dick Conway vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Dick Conway
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational 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 Dick Conway 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 4.78 and 1.537 for Dick Conway. By the career numbers, Jake Peavy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Conway and Jake Peavy

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.05
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.05
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.61
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.48
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.78
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
3.63
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
10.33
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
3.5
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
3.09
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
0.733
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.79
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.17
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.36
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.3
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1598
40.86
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
7.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.63
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
37
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Dick Conway and Jake Peavy

Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.05
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1518
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.48
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
2.28
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.78
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.01
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.72
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.915
1.915
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.168
1.168
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Conway and Jake Peavy

Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
58
154.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
394.31
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
225
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
544
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
520.74
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
125.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
87.29
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
106.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
66.22
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.24
51.29
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.94
24.02
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
115.38
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
181.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
112.37
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
72
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
48.16
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
33.11
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.26
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.58
57.55
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
18.53
18.59
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
22.07
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
165
165.55
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
10.23
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
3.62
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
0.91
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
52.17
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.01
Dick Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0