Keith Atherton vs. Provine Bradley — Career Comparison

Keith Atherton
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Provine Bradley
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati TigersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Provine Bradley built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Atherton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Keith Atherton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 5.17 and 1.468 for Provine Bradley. By the career numbers, Keith Atherton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Atherton and Provine Bradley

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.72
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.52
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.59
44.59
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.99
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.17
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
8.68
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.34
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.42
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.87
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.55
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.02
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2431
38.63
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
42.22
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.51
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.26
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
7.47
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.37
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.4
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
34.26
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
38.49
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.22
42.22

Fielding Stats for Keith Atherton and Provine Bradley

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.56
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.97
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.81
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.95
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.3
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.73
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.22
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.53
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.9
93.9
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Atherton and Provine Bradley

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
205200
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
16
234.15
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
556.1
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
146.34
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
57.77
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
175.61
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
190.24
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.633
0.633
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.52
66.19
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
41
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA