Ed Appleton vs. Brad Ziegler — Career Comparison

Ed Appleton
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Ziegler
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Appleton built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Ziegler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Ziegler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.334 compared to 3.25 and 1.435 for Ed Appleton. By the career numbers, Brad Ziegler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Appleton and Brad Ziegler

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.33
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
9.27
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.48
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.33
49.33
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.08
27.08
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.32
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.25
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
2.75
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2152
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
717.1
9
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
8.84
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
8.21
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.4
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.08
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
3.11
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.69
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.11
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
6.01
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.31
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
39.38
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2947
36.97
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.31
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
4.66
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.15
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.25
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.73
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
34.87
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2635
33.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Ed Appleton and Brad Ziegler

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
9.27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2152
27
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
717.1
9
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.56
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.07
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
2.8
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.63
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.38
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.17
94.17
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.104
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.19
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Appleton and Brad Ziegler

Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
48
496.55
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
739
63342.86
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
579.31
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.12
21.93
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.61
16.63
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-4.06
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Ed Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA