Lefty Grove vs. Dan Petry — Career Comparison

Lefty Grove
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Dan Petry
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Lefty Grove posted a stronger line than Dan Petry. Lefty Grove posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.06 vs 3.95) and WHIP (1.278 vs 1.399). By the career numbers, Lefty Grove had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Grove and Dan Petry

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
1.41
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
1.6
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.04
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
0.69
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.54
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.32
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.45
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.03
68.03
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.19
74.19
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.68
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.22
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.08
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.13
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
3.06
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
912
3.95
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11822
27
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3940.2
9
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3849
8.79
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1984
8.58
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.37
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.94
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
2.71
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
852
3.69
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
5.18
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1063
4.6
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.876
0.876
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.12
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.33
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16633
37.99
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8860
38.33
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.28
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1594
3.64
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025
4.43
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15404
35.18
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7837
33.9
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Lefty Grove and Dan Petry

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
1.6
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6241
27
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080.1
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.1
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.45
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
2.61
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
787
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
2.56
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.39
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.01
98.01
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.597
1.597
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.16
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Grove and Dan Petry

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
619
235.21
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
370
44400
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1579
600
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1369
520.2
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
76.76
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
58.9
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
10.26
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.9
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
5.7
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
17.86
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.38
26.37
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
107.92
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
117.42
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
45.22
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
45.98
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
85.5
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.78
19.3
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
23.33
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.76
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
39.9
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
593
225.33
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
39.14
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.38
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.76
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA