Dan Jennings vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.1 and 1.486 for Dan Jennings. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Dick Matthews

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
3.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
34.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Dick Matthews

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Dick Matthews

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
520
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
120
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA