Dan Jennings vs. Pepper Sharpe — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pepper Sharpe
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pepper Sharpe 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. Dan Jennings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 5.08 and 1.532 for Pepper Sharpe. By the career numbers, Dan Jennings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Pepper Sharpe

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.44
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.73
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.95
45.95
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.58
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
10.16
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
3.77
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.823
0.823
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1512
39.03
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
40.94
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
6.68
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.02
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
36.44
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Pepper Sharpe

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.7
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.11
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
412
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.1
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.16
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.34
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.08
96.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.885
1.885
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Pepper Sharpe

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
300
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
529.41
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.779
0.779
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
167.65
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
141.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.65
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.47
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.12
80.46
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
202.94
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
220.59
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.762
0.762
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.707
0.707
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
97.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
141.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.49
92.55
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.65
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Pepper Sharpe
Career
Per 600 PA