Jim Peterson vs. Chris Sale — Career Comparison

Jim Peterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Sale
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

Chris Sale built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Peterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Sale posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.01 and WHIP 1.053 compared to 5.27 and 1.665 for Jim Peterson. By the career numbers, Chris Sale had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Peterson and Chris Sale

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.38
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
1.7
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.63
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.38
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.23
62.23
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.63
14.63
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
3.01
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
27
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6252
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109.1
9
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2084
9
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
11.52
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
7.31
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.52
11.52
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.92
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.46
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.06
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.39
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2579
11.14
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.14
11.14
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.21
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.56
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
41.82
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8389
36.23
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.4
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
6.59
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
3.24
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.15
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.57
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.665
1.665
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
38.36
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7713
33.31
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.23
36.23

Fielding Stats for Jim Peterson and Chris Sale

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
1.7
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.35
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6252
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2084
9
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.39
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.84
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.25
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.23
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.93
97.93
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.049
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Peterson and Chris Sale

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
41
745.45
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
8733.33
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.36
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
10.25
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.34
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-12.22
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
14
311.11
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
1.93
1.93
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Sale
Career
Per 600 PA