Bill Hart vs. Dan Petry — Career Comparison

Bill Hart
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dan Petry
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dan Petry built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hart as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Petry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 4.65 and 1.595 for Bill Hart. By the career numbers, Dan Petry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hart and Dan Petry

Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.17
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
1.6
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.08
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.38
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.54
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.68
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.45
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.23
92.23
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.08
81.08
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.92
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.22
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
817
4.65
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
3.95
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4746
27
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1819
10.35
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1984
8.58
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.94
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704
4.01
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
852
3.69
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
2.45
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
4.6
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.46
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.33
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.44
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7243
41.21
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8860
38.33
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1214
6.91
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
4.43
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6461
36.76
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7837
33.9
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Bill Hart and Dan Petry

Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
1.2
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
1.6
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5244
27
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1748
9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.65
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.1
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
2.38
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
1.45
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.26
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
3.3
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
603
2.61
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.03
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
2.56
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.03
92.03
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.01
98.01
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.528
2.528
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.597
1.597
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.16
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hart and Dan Petry

Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
229
177.29
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
44400
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
775
600
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
748
579.1
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
120
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
94.45
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.84
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.61
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.1
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
25.55
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.41
39.8
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
163.35
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
134.71
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
45.68
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
51.87
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
94.45
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.91
41.73
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
23.33
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.55
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
13.16
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
74
57.29
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.47
10.47
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.19
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.94
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.94
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA