Bill Fincher vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Bill Fincher
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican 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 Bill Fincher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Fincher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.14 and WHIP 1.381 compared to 3.63 and 1.213 for Jake Peavy. By the career numbers, Bill Fincher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fincher and Jake Peavy

Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.48
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
960
3.63
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9.43
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
3
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.17
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
36.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9838
37.25
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.63
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
33.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8927
33.8
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.43
36.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Bill Fincher and Jake Peavy

Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
1.47
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7131
27
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2377
9
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
1.02
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.78
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.72
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.083
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fincher and Jake Peavy

Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1800
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
394.31
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
520.74
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
87.29
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66.22
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
17.06
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
21.07
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
66.97
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.94
24.02
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
115.38
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
112.37
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.16
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
64.64
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.53
18.59
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.07
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
165
165.55
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
3.62
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
52.17
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Bill Fincher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Bill Fincher
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0