Dan Jennings vs. Ben Sheets — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ben Sheets
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ben Sheets 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 259 vs 95), run prevention (ERA+ 161 vs 101), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 103). Ben Sheets held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dan Jennings.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Ben Sheets

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.47
49.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
670
3.78
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1577
8.89
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
7.25
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
7.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6640
37.43
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
736
4.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6138
34.6
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Ben Sheets

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.41
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.65
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.86
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.81
94.81
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Ben Sheets

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
250
292.4
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
513
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
449
525.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
39.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
36.26
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.07
4.76
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
43.27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.99
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
28.07
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.81
-19.66
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
22.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
212
247.95
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
52.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.34
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA