Mal Eason vs. Jim Peterson — Career Comparison

Mal Eason
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Peterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mal Eason built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Peterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mal Eason posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 5.27 and 1.665 for Jim Peterson. By the career numbers, Mal Eason had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mal Eason and Jim Peterson

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.18
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.38
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.08
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.34
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.69
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.49
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.03
33.03
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.2
91.2
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.63
14.63
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.85
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.42
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2854
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.1
9
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109.1
9
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1027
9.72
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
11.52
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.52
11.52
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.74
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
2.75
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.46
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.59
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.39
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.649
0.649
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4011
37.95
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
41.82
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.4
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.87
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
6.59
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.665
1.665
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3678
34.8
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
38.36
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Mal Eason and Jim Peterson

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.17
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2976
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
992
9
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.51
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.19
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.15
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.96
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.95
93.95
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.527
2.527
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.049
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mal Eason and Jim Peterson

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
206.35
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
745.45
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
600
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
565.08
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
68.25
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
63.49
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.76
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.76
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.87
10.91
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.36
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
73.02
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
85.71
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.98
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
23.81
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
50.79
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.45
-3.89
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.34
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.87
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
128.57
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
218.18
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.46
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA