Fred Archer vs. Brad Boxberger — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Boxberger
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Boxberger as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Boxberger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Brad Boxberger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Brad Boxberger

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
9.53
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.58
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.72
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.93
44.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.58
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1433
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
7.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.19
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
4.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
10.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.95
10.95
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.704
1.704
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2021
38.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.84
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1733
32.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Brad Boxberger

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
9.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.72
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.26
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.54
90.54
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.132
0.132
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Brad Boxberger

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
75900
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-41.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Boxberger
Career
Per 600 PA