Kent Peterson vs. Matt Strahm — Career Comparison

Kent Peterson
Greatest GenerationUtahThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Strahm
MillenialNorth DakotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Kent Peterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Strahm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Strahm posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 4.95 and 1.544 for Kent Peterson. By the career numbers, Matt Strahm had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kent Peterson and Matt Strahm

Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
3.15
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.92
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.81
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.49
25.49
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.22
47.22
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.25
29.25
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.95
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.36
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.1
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
9.29
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
7.32
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.71
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.08
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
4.6
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.61
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
4.45
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
10.13
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.006
1.006
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.32
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1885
40.36
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
37.06
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.88
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
5.52
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.64
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1655
35.44
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.32
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Kent Peterson and Matt Strahm

Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1552
27
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517.1
9
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.43
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.64
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.17
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.08
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.54
92.54
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.476
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.157
0.157
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kent Peterson and Matt Strahm

Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
147
728.93
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
6788.57
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
545.45
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
1.68
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.26
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.88
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.88
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.67
-28.13
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
37.22
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
153.72
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
274.29
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2.19
2.19
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Kent Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA