Jim Peterson vs. Eric Show — Career Comparison

Jim Peterson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Show
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Eric Show 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. Eric Show posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 5.27 and 1.665 for Jim Peterson. By the career numbers, Eric Show had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Peterson and Eric Show

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.38
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
1.81
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.28
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.55
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.48
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.16
53.16
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.63
14.63
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.78
70.78
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.19
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.27
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
3.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
27
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4965
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109.1
9
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1655
9
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
11.52
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1526
8.3
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.52
11.52
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.74
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.93
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.46
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
3.32
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.39
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
971
5.28
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.2
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.25
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.12
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
41.82
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6968
37.89
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.4
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
6.59
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
4.02
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.46
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.23
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.64
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.665
1.665
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
38.36
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6184
33.63
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.89
37.89

Fielding Stats for Jim Peterson and Eric Show

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.81
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.28
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4965
27
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1655
9
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.4
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.12
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
1.65
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.52
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.049
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.78
70.78
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Peterson and Eric Show

Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
745.45
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
333
360.65
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
548.01
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
87.73
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
72.56
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
10.83
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.33
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.16
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.36
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.92
19.41
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
109.09
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
111.55
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
95.31
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
35.74
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
30.32
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
61.73
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
34.34
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.55
9.26
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.25
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.33
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
218.18
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
193.86
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.1
3.1
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
43.32
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Jim Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.58
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Show
Career
Per 600 PA