Jim Peterson vs. Scott Sanderson — Career Comparison

Jim Peterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Sanderson
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Scott Sanderson 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. Scott Sanderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.275 compared to 5.27 and 1.665 for Jim Peterson. By the career numbers, Scott Sanderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Peterson and Scott Sanderson

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.38
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.43
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.57
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.49
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.5
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.27
53.27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.63
14.63
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.23
86.23
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.15
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.27
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1093
3.84
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
27
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7685
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109.1
9
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561.2
9
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
11.52
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2590
9.1
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.52
11.52
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.74
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.04
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.46
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
2.2
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.18
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.39
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
5.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.873
0.873
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.15
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
41.82
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10709
37.62
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.4
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
6.59
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1209
4.25
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.33
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.33
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.53
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.665
1.665
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
38.36
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9853
34.62
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.62
37.62

Fielding Stats for Jim Peterson and Scott Sanderson

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
1.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.43
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7685
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2561.2
9
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.54
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
0.93
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
1.53
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
1.47
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.86
95.86
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.049
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.23
86.23
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Peterson and Scott Sanderson

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
745.45
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
473
497.02
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
571
600
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
498.07
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.34
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
32.57
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
13.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.1
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
15.76
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.36
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.5
12.08
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
68.3
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
79.86
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
21.02
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.32
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
46.23
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.34
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.43
-4.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.2
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.32
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
224
235.38
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
69.35
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.15
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA