Harvey Peterson vs. Woody Wheaton — Career Comparison

Harvey Peterson
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueLeft Fielder
Woody Wheaton
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder

Looking at the career totals, Harvey Peterson and Woody Wheaton are closely matched on the surface stats. Harvey Peterson posted stronger numbers in slugging (.278 vs .236) and batting average (.228 vs .191). Woody Wheaton had the advantage in on-base percentage (.265 vs .228). By the career numbers, Harvey Peterson had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Harvey Peterson and Woody Wheaton

Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
172.5
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
224.24
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
592.5
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
539.39
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
135
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
17
103.03
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
78.79
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.24
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.24
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
35.78
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.69
28.42
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
165
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
21
127.27
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
135
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
157.58
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.501
0.501
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
52.5
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18.18
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
67.5
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
42.42
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
60.61
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.74
43.04
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.4
26.67
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30.3
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.8
19.8
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
1.6
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.06
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
24.24
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18.18
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33

Fielding Stats for Harvey Peterson and Woody Wheaton

Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.28
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.07
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
27
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176.1
9
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.84
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.51
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.45
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.35
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.25
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.154
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
84
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Pitching Stats for Harvey Peterson and Woody Wheaton

Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.61
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.55
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
27
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
9
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
14.29
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
8.53
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
4.74
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.55
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
47.65
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
39.32
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.59
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.66
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.03
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
4.76
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.941
1.941
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.474
1.474
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
39.71
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
34.34
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Harvey Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Woody Wheaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Harvey Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.65
47.65
Woody Wheaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.32
39.32