Brandon Bailey vs. Ed Head — Career Comparison

Brandon Bailey
MillenialColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Head
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Head built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brandon Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 3.48 and 1.308 for Ed Head. By the career numbers, Brandon Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Bailey and Ed Head

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
2.28
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.03
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.52
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.92
44.92
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.43
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
3.48
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
7.36
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
8.4
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.46
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.68
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.37
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.91
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.03
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.822
0.822
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
36.82
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1953
37.8
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.66
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
3.89
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
31.91
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1776
34.37
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.82
36.82
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8

Fielding Stats for Brandon Bailey and Ed Head

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
27
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
9
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.91
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.915
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Bailey and Ed Head

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
460.65
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
600
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
507.1
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
123.87
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
116.13
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.74
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.74
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
37.74
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
131.61
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
150.97
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.06
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
50.32
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
108.39
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.46
48.22
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.1
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
25
96.77
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
65.81
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100