Dan Jennings vs. Kid Speer — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kid Speer
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kid Speer 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. Kid Speer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.323 compared to 3.1 and 1.486 for Dan Jennings. By the career numbers, Kid Speer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Kid Speer

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.41
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.94
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.1
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.83
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.1
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
10.38
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.53
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.41
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
37.38
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.6
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
35.37
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Kid Speer

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.42
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.95
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.55
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4.26
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.03
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.833
2.833
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Kid Speer

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
288.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
555.56
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
18.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
5.95
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
133.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA