Cy Alberts vs. Brad Hand — Career Comparison

Cy Alberts
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Cy Alberts built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Hand posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 6.18 and 1.988 for Cy Alberts. By the career numbers, Brad Hand had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Alberts and Brad Hand

Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.3
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.98
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.65
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.65
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
3.75
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.93
6.93
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.2
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
11.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.39
11.39
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
6.51
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
3.46
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.25
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.084
1.084
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
40.99
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3266
38.08
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
7.16
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.988
1.988
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
34.48
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.99
40.99
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Cy Alberts and Brad Hand

Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.96
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.96
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.12
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.43
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.38
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
95.93
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Alberts and Brad Hand

Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
496.55
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
3.66
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.79
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
41.38
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.06
-3.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
180
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
151.72
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
3.95
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Alberts
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA