Brian Meyer vs. Jake Peavy — Career Comparison

Brian Meyer
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican 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 Brian Meyer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.84 and WHIP 1.322 compared to 3.63 and 1.213 for Jake Peavy. By the career numbers, Brian Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Meyer and Jake Peavy

Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.04
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.58
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.89
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.48
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.68
54.68
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.84
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
960
3.63
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
7.28
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2134
8.08
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.89
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
0.98
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.09
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
5.15
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.026
1.026
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.17
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
37.66
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.49
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
3.91
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.24
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.89
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.63
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.263
1.263
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
32.51
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8927
33.8
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25

Fielding Stats for Brian Meyer and Jake Peavy

Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.04
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.43
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
0.69
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.49
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.02
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.78
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.72
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Meyer and Jake Peavy

Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
10200
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
394.31
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
519
520.74
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
87.29
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66.22
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.94
24.02
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
115.38
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112.37
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.16
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.53
18.59
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.07
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
165
165.55
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
3.62
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
52.17
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.02
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0