Bill Otey vs. Dan Petry — Career Comparison

Bill Otey
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dan Petry
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dan Petry built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Otey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Petry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 5.01 and 1.550 for Bill Otey. By the career numbers, Dan Petry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Otey and Dan Petry

Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.15
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
1.6
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.54
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.45
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.83
20.83
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.22
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.01
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
3.95
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
27
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
100.2
9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
11.71
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1984
8.58
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.71
11.71
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.94
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.24
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
852
3.69
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.95
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
4.6
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.33
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
39.25
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8860
38.33
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.16
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
6.44
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
4.43
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.92
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
36.57
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7837
33.9
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.25
39.25
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.33
38.33

Fielding Stats for Bill Otey and Dan Petry

Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.24
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
1.6
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.3
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6241
27
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080.1
9
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.1
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.76
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
1.45
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.88
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603
2.61
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.82
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
2.56
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.01
98.01
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.597
1.597
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.08
81.08
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.16
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Otey and Dan Petry

Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
24
400
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
370
44400
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
116.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
100
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
34.3
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
150
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
133.33
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
37.19
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
23.33
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
11
183.33
Dan Petry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.27
3.27
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Otey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Otey
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Petry
Career
Per 600 PA