Lem Cross vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Lem Cross
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational 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 Lem Cross 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 7.66 and 2.000 for Lem Cross. By the career numbers, Jake Peavy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Cross and Jake Peavy

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.34
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.22
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.73
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.48
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.61
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
7.66
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
3.63
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
14.35
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.35
14.35
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.46
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
0.98
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.65
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.19
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.17
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.3
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
44.76
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.82
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.63
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
40.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.76
44.76
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Lem Cross and Jake Peavy

Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.34
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.7
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.07
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.78
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.95
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.72
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.168
1.168
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Cross and Jake Peavy

Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
12
205.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
394.31
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
548.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
520.74
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
87.29
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
66.22
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
17.06
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
21.07
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.66
62.82
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.94
24.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
115.38
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
188.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
112.37
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.658
0.658
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
48.16
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
33.11
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
78.26
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.05
69.45
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.53
18.59
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
22.07
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
165
165.55
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
3.62
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
52.17
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Lem Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Lem Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0