Mike Matthews vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Mike Matthews
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Peavy
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jake Peavy built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Matthews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Matthews led in home run suppression (HR9+ 125 vs 87), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 96). Jake Peavy held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mike Matthews.

Pitching Stats for Mike Matthews and Jake Peavy

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.37
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.48
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.68
54.68
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.54
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
3.63
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.75
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.07
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
0.98
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
4.47
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.59
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
6.46
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.7
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.17
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.3
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1073
39.63
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.74
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.76
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.24
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.23
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.63
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
33.8
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Mike Matthews and Jake Peavy

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.15
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.51
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.78
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.4
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.72
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.165
0.165
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Matthews and Jake Peavy

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
4950
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
394.31
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
535.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
519
520.74
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
87.29
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66.22
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.01
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
21.07
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
27.97
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.94
24.02
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
115.38
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112.37
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.16
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
5.28
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.53
18.59
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.07
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
192.86
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
165
165.55
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
3.62
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
52.17
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0