Dave Patterson vs. Mike Walker — Career Comparison

Dave Patterson
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Walker
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Walker built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.26 and WHIP 1.698 compared to 7.36 and 2.250 for Mike Walker. By the career numbers, Dave Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Patterson and Mike Walker

Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.68
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.26
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.36
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
10.53
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
12.89
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.53
10.53
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.89
12.89
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.85
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.45
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.74
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.52
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.77
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.057
1.057
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
40.42
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
45.41
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.23
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
5.94
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.59
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
36
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
38.66
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.42
40.42
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.41
45.41

Fielding Stats for Dave Patterson and Mike Walker

Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.85
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.87
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.68
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.87
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.45
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Patterson and Mike Walker

Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
2466.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-1.06
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.33
-21.71
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA