Neil Allen vs. Roy Bruner — Career Comparison

Neil Allen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Bruner
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Bruner built a career as a starting pitcher and Neil Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Neil Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.487 compared to 5.74 and 1.979 for Roy Bruner. By the career numbers, Neil Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Neil Allen and Roy Bruner

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.73
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.53
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.64
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.31
45.31
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.32
26.32
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.88
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.74
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
985
8.97
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
11.49
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.49
11.49
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.66
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.8
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
6.32
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.62
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
5.56
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
4.02
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.149
1.149
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4248
38.68
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
42.65
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.02
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.15
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
4.23
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.18
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.78
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.979
1.979
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3731
33.98
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
36.34
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.68
38.68
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.65
42.65

Fielding Stats for Neil Allen and Roy Bruner

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.54
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2965
27
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
988.1
9
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.09
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.81
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.78
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.99
97.99
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.449
0.449
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.526
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.59
13.59
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Neil Allen and Roy Bruner

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
434
2018.6
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
600
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
534.88
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
536.84
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.77
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
51.16
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.6
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
15.53
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
4.94
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
97.67
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.72
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.56
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.51
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
3.88
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-11.86
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.95
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
51
237.21
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
3.8
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Roy Bruner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Bruner
Career
Per 600 PA