Larry Jaster vs. Ken Penner — Career Comparison

Larry Jaster
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Penner
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Jaster built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Penner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Penner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.64 and 1.303 for Larry Jaster. By the career numbers, Ken Penner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Jaster and Ken Penner

Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
2.08
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.2
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.53
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.5
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.47
51.47
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.97
57.97
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
3.64
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.55
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1794
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
8.71
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.95
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.04
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
2.68
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.55
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.33
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
4.71
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.84
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.821
0.821
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.23
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2508
37.75
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
38.37
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.38
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
4.02
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.04
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2310
34.77
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
34.82
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.37
38.37

Fielding Stats for Larry Jaster and Ken Penner

Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.08
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.21
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1790
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596.2
9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.15
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.57
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.696
0.696
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.97
57.97
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Jaster and Ken Penner

Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
436.65
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
900
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
537.17
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
91.1
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
81.68
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.19
25.73
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
113.09
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
119.37
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
37.7
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
31.41
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
62.83
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.14
22.44
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
7.84
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.13
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
35
109.95
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
5.46
5.46
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
31.41
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.14
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Jaster
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA