Dick Donovan vs. Jim Pena — Career Comparison

Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Pena
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Donovan built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Pena as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Pena posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.682 compared to 3.67 and 1.255 for Dick Donovan. By the career numbers, Jim Pena had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Donovan and Jim Pena

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.22
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.44
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.13
79.13
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
3.67
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.48
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.87
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.02
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
0.88
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.09
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.22
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.02
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
3.93
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.55
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
37.51
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
41.73
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
909
4.06
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.89
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.64
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.568
1.568
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7867
35.1
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.59
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.73
41.73

Fielding Stats for Dick Donovan and Jim Pena

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.22
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.66
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
1.54
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.25
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.61
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
2.29
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.07
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
2.2
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.45
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
77.1
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Donovan and Jim Pena

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
277.9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
801
600
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
519.85
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
84.64
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
62.92
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.06
37.5
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
13.52
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
150.56
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
50.19
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
47.94
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
86.89
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.31
32.44
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
20.68
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
58.43
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
292
218.73
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
13.48
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA