Jimmy Oldham vs. Danny Patterson — Career Comparison

Jimmy Oldham
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Patterson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jimmy Oldham built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.428 compared to 5.65 and 1.539 for Jimmy Oldham. By the career numbers, Danny Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Oldham and Danny Patterson

Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.72
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
8.2
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.88
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.56
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.46
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.52
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
5.65
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
4.14
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
27
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
256.2
9
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
10.69
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
9.79
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.69
10.69
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.79
9.79
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.77
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.82
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
3.16
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.62
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.44
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
4.91
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
5.85
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.896
0.896
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.42
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.42
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1186
41.59
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1637
38.33
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.69
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
7.01
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
4.43
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.51
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.4
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.26
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.56
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.38
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.539
1.539
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
36.5
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
34.68
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.59
41.59
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Oldham and Danny Patterson

Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.72
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
8.2
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.88
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
770
27
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
256.2
9
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.42
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.59
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.95
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.08
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.68
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.73
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.37
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.66
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.959
1.959
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.203
0.203
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Oldham and Danny Patterson

Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
50
270.27
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
350
210000
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
567.57
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
118.92
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
91.89
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.74
36.43
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
145.95
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
145.95
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.84
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
59.46
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.17
38.75
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Danny Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.5
55.5
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Oldham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Oldham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA