Brandon Bailey vs. Corey Kluber — Career Comparison

Brandon Bailey
MillenialColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Corey Kluber
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Corey Kluber 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 3.44 and 1.135 for Corey Kluber. 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 Corey Kluber

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.49
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.43
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.64
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.42
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.1
60.1
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
3.44
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4925
27
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1641.2
9
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
7.36
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1486
8.15
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.97
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.68
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.02
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4.91
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1725
9.46
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.36
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
36.82
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6688
36.67
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
684
3.75
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.18
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.63
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.227
1.227
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.129
1.129
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
31.91
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6200
33.99
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.82
36.82
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.67
36.67

Fielding Stats for Brandon Bailey and Corey Kluber

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
1.49
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.43
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4925
27
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1641.2
9
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.64
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.72
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.39
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.36
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.915
0.915
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.94
95.94
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Bailey and Corey Kluber

Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
5118.75
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
8.45
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.72
-13.42
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
15
281.25
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Corey Kluber
Career
Per 600 PA