Ken Penner vs. Al Sima — Career Comparison

Ken Penner
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Sima
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Sima built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Penner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Penner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.61 and 1.539 for Al Sima. By the career numbers, Ken Penner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Penner and Al Sima

Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
2.92
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.87
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.61
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.38
34.38
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.55
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
4.61
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308.2
9
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
9.95
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
10
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.95
9.95
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.9
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.55
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
3.85
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.84
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
3.24
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.787
0.787
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
38.37
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1376
40.12
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.87
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.04
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
5.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.539
1.539
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
34.82
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
36.16
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.37
38.37
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Ken Penner and Al Sima

Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.42
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.83
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.1
9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.42
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.57
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.15
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Penner and Al Sima

Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
900
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
645.16
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
529.03
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.06
13.32
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
83.87
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.26
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
45.16
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.52
-9.83
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
44
283.87
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
51.61
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0