Bill Anderson vs. Doug Brocail — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Brocail as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Brocail posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Doug Brocail had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Doug Brocail

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.34
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.42
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.64
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Doug Brocail

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.39
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.17
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Doug Brocail

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
18.22
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
17.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100