Sonny Dixon vs. Marty Pattin — Career Comparison

Sonny Dixon
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Marty Pattin
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Marty Pattin built a career as a starting pitcher and Sonny Dixon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marty Pattin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.281 compared to 4.17 and 1.414 for Sonny Dixon. By the career numbers, Marty Pattin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Dixon and Marty Pattin

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.49
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
2.1
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.99
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.5
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.48
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.12
51.12
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.16
47.16
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.28
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.31
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4.17
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
820
3.62
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6116
27
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2038.2
9
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
10.13
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1933
8.53
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.86
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.92
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.57
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
603
2.66
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.33
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
3.08
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
5.2
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.627
0.627
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.874
0.874
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.16
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1146
39.22
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8501
37.53
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.78
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.53
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
4.83
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
905
4
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.28
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.37
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1066
36.48
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7732
34.13
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.53
37.53

Fielding Stats for Sonny Dixon and Marty Pattin

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
6.38
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
2.1
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.99
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
27
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6116
27
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
9
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2038.2
9
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.13
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.54
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.5
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.21
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
5.69
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
1.81
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
5.63
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.75
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.9
98.9
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.16
47.16
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Dixon and Marty Pattin

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
886.96
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
487
842.07
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
61
530.43
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
534.29
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
65.71
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
51.87
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.37
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
13.83
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.92
34.04
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.01
13.84
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
86.46
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
147.83
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
81.27
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
25.94
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
34.58
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
43.48
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
57.06
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
32.62
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.4
-2.43
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.17
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
13.83
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
182.61
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
109
188.47
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.18
3.18
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
48.41
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.92
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA