Bill Fagan vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Bill Fagan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jake Peavy
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jake Peavy built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Fagan 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 5.28 and 1.778 for Bill Fagan. By the career numbers, Jake Peavy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fagan and Jake Peavy

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.72
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.48
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.28
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
3.63
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
11.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.24
11.24
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
4.76
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.93
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.77
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.17
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
42.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
8.74
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.63
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
37.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.57
42.57
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Bill Fagan and Jake Peavy

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.07
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.06
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.83
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.78
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.4
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.72
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.85
84.85
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.168
1.168
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fagan and Jake Peavy

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
24
160
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
394.31
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
86
573.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
520.74
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.478
0.478
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
113.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
87.29
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
93.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
66.22
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
17.06
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
31.49
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.94
24.02
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
133.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
115.38
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
140
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
112.37
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
33.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.16
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
60
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
31.24
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.53
18.59
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.01
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.07
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
146.67
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
165
165.55
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.09
4.09
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
3.62
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
52.17
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0