Bob Gibson vs. Dan Jennings — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Dan Jennings a clear advantage over Bob Gibson across the core pitching metrics. Dan Jennings led in home run suppression (HR9+ 259 vs 93), run prevention (ERA+ 161 vs 94), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 89 vs 70). Bob Gibson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 82). Dan Jennings was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gibson and Dan Jennings

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
3.27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.44
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.95
45.95
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.37
18.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
4.24
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
8.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.97
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
5.54
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.05
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
5.54
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.231
1.231
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.57
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1188
39.65
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1512
39.03
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.67
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
4.84
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.53
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.41
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.73
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
33.07
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
34.05
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Dan Jennings

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
3.27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.87
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.94
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.87
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.571
0.571
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.37
18.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Dan Jennings

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
98
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA