Fred Archer vs. Brad Hand — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Archer 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 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Brad Hand had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Brad Hand

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.11
42.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
3.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3266
38.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Brad Hand

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.38
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Brad Hand

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA