Oscar Austin vs. Jack Bracken — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaAtlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Oscar Austin built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Bracken as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Bracken posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.21 and WHIP 1.680 compared to 13.5 and 2.500 for Oscar Austin. By the career numbers, Jack Bracken had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Oscar Austin and Jack Bracken

Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.72
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
6.21
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.21
6.21
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.322
0.322
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
20.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
12.33
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.33
12.33
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.79
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.62
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.9
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
51.75
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
467
42.03
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
8.46
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
426
38.34
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.03
42.03

Fielding Stats for Oscar Austin and Jack Bracken

Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.25
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.88
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.25
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
2.25
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.083
2.083
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Oscar Austin and Jack Bracken

Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
163.64
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
600
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
41.67
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
136.36
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
24.28
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.95
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
8
109.09
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA