Jim Owens vs. Leon Pettit — Career Comparison

Jim Owens
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Pettit
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Owens built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Pettit as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Owens posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.31 and WHIP 1.489 compared to 5.18 and 1.743 for Leon Pettit. By the career numbers, Jim Owens had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Owens and Leon Pettit

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
2.91
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.5
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.05
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.69
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.01
36.01
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.21
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
4.31
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.18
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2656
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885.1
9
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
9.47
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
10.75
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.47
9.47
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.85
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
3.46
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.94
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.47
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
5.25
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.967
0.967
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.45
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
39.18
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
41.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.98
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.91
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
4.91
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.58
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.437
1.437
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3506
35.64
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
36.32
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58

Fielding Stats for Jim Owens and Leon Pettit

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
2.92
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2656
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885.1
9
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.34
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.76
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.68
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.575
0.575
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.682
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.24
36.24
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Owens and Leon Pettit

Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
287
686.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
733.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
600
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
521.12
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
25
416.67
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
52.59
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.03
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.56
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.56
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.68
8.8
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
22.12
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
62.15
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
88.45
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
200
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
26.29
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
35.86
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.65
-8.73
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
34.87
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
33.47
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
102
243.82
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
133.33
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.03
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.56
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.39
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Owens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA