Jesse Petty vs. Scott Service — Career Comparison

Jesse Petty
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scott Service
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jesse Petty built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Service as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jesse Petty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 4.99 and 1.549 for Scott Service. By the career numbers, Jesse Petty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jesse Petty and Scott Service

Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.54
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.15
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.5
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.58
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.21
46.21
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.4
74.4
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.57
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
3.68
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
4.99
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3625
27
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
27
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1208.1
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
416.1
9
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1286
9.58
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
9.4
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.57
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.21
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
3.93
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
3.03
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
8.93
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
38.5
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
40.06
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.18
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
4.51
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
5.3
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.45
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.56
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4857
36.18
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
1599
34.57
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06

Fielding Stats for Jesse Petty and Scott Service

Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
7.31
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1249
27
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416.1
9
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.99
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.6
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.53
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.193
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jesse Petty and Scott Service

Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
207
286.18
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
12000
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
600
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
570.97
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
73.27
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
58.06
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.82
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.21
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.4
13
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.84
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
89.86
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
82.95
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
31.8
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
33.18
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
64.98
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.74
-2.41
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-39.65
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.68
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
174.19
Scott Service
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
317.65
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
1.89
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.35
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scott Service
Career
Per 600 PA