Dan Jennings vs. Bill Stafford — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Stafford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Stafford 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 108), run prevention (ERA+ 161 vs 118), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 102). Bill Stafford held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dan Jennings.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Bill Stafford

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
2.13
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.19
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.49
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.46
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.81
51.81
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.91
55.91
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
3.52
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2357
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
707
8.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.88
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
3.09
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.31
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
5.14
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3290
37.69
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
3.86
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3001
34.38
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.69
37.69

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Bill Stafford

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
2.13
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.19
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2354
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
784.2
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
1.34
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
1.88
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
1.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.91
55.91
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Bill Stafford

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
187
415.56
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
544.44
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
84.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
64.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.56
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
20
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.6
19.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
108.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
102.22
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
33.33
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
31.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
64.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.04
11.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.56
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
140
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.29
4.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
35.56
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.44
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Stafford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Stafford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0