Fritz Peterson vs Tommy John

Fritz Peterson Tommy John

Fritz Peterson and Tommy John compared on their MLB careers: Fritz Peterson played 11 seasons, 1966 to 1976, Tommy John 26 seasons, 1963 to 1989. Fritz Peterson has 133 wins to Tommy John's 288.

Who has the better career numbers?

Fritz Peterson and Tommy John career totals

355	GP	760
133	W	288
131	L	231
3.3	ERA	3.3
2218.1	IP	4710.1
1,015	K	2,245
426	BB	1,259
1.2	WHIP	1.3
1	SV	4

Where each stands all time

Fritz Peterson and Tommy John all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	62nd (2,245)
—	Wins (pitching)	25th (288)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Fritz Peterson: 0 championships; none on file
Tommy John: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Fritz Peterson and Tommy John season by season

1st	1966	12	11	3.31	1963	0	2	2.21
2nd	1967	8	14	3.47	1964	2	9	3.91
3rd	1968	12	11	2.63	1965	14	7	3.09
4th	1969	17	16	2.55	1966	14	11	2.62
5th	1970	20	11	2.90	1967	10	13	2.47
6th	1971	15	13	3.05	1968	10	5	1.98
7th	1972	17	15	3.24	1969	9	11	3.25
8th	1973	8	15	3.95	1970	12	17	3.27
9th	1974	9	14	4.38	1971	13	16	3.61
10th	1975	14	8	3.94	1972	11	5	2.89
11th	1976	1	3	5.08	1973	16	7	3.10
12th	—	—	—	—	1974	13	3	2.59
13th	—	—	—	—	1976	10	10	3.09
14th	—	—	—	—	1977	20	7	2.78
15th	—	—	—	—	1978	17	10	3.30
16th	—	—	—	—	1979	21	9	2.96
17th	—	—	—	—	1980	22	9	3.43
18th	—	—	—	—	1981	9	8	2.63
19th	—	—	—	—	1982	14	12	3.69
20th	—	—	—	—	1983	11	13	4.33
21st	—	—	—	—	1984	7	13	4.52
22nd	—	—	—	—	1985	4	10	5.53
23rd	—	—	—	—	1986	5	3	2.93
24th	—	—	—	—	1987	13	6	4.03
25th	—	—	—	—	1988	9	8	4.49
26th	—	—	—	—	1989	2	7	5.80

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA