Bill James vs. Hipolito Peña — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Hipolito Peña
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill James built a career as a starting pitcher and Hipolito Peña as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill James posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.28 and WHIP 1.233 compared to 4.84 and 1.572 for Hipolito Peña. By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill James and Hipolito Peña

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
7.82
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.62
72.62
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.73
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.28
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.84
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.191
0.191
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.1
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
7.79
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
6.14
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.79
7.79
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.12
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
3.31
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
7.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.93
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.08
7.08
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
4.2
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.96
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2217
36.84
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
40.03
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.33
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.42
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.26
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1996
33.16
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
32.21
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Hipolito Peña

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
7.82
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.1
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.3
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.68
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.68
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.45
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Hipolito Peña

Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
251.43
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
4200
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
568.57
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
131.43
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.29
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.29
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.16
34.74
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
145.71
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
51.43
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.71
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
77.14
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.98
39.94
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
5.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
125.71
Hipolito Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Hipolito Peña
Career
Per 600 PA