Bill Landis vs. Brad Penny — Career Comparison

Bill Landis
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brad Penny
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Brad Penny built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Landis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Penny posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.29 and WHIP 1.396 compared to 4.46 and 1.491 for Bill Landis. By the career numbers, Brad Penny had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Landis and Brad Penny

Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
5.41
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.63
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.49
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.57
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.42
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.47
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.4
91.4
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.46
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
4.29
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
27
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5775
27
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
169.2
9
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925
9
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
8.17
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
2030
9.49
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.91
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.83
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
2.89
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
7.16
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
5.95
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.983
0.983
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.25
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
39.15
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8218
38.42
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.33
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.83
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
990
4.63
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.36
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.22
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.02
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
34.06
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7421
34.7
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Bill Landis and Brad Penny

Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
5.41
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.63
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.49
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
27
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5775
27
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
169.2
9
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925
9
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.62
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.06
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.08
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.38
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
1.74
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.27
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.7
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.85
97.85
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.043
1.043
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.4
91.4
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Landis and Brad Penny

Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
2890.91
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
351
364.36
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
578
600
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
529
549.13
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
86.16
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
63.32
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.65
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.11
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.84
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.32
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.4
20.14
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
117.3
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
92.39
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.03
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
35.29
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
60.21
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.93
-25.33
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.64
10.01
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.11
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.11
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
272.73
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PAverified
173
179.58
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
44.64
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.15
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brad Penny
Career
Per 600 PA