Dan Jennings vs. Karl Spooner — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Karl Spooner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Karl Spooner 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. Karl Spooner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.149 compared to 3.1 and 1.486 for Dan Jennings. By the career numbers, Karl Spooner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Karl Spooner

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.1
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
7.25
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
8.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
37.65
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
3.86
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
34.05
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
33.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Karl Spooner

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.86
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Karl Spooner

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
31
476.92
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.782
0.782
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
138.46
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.94
75.99
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
230.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.766
0.766
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
0.72
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.91
75.57
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
16
246.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA