Harvey Bailey vs. Brett Kennedy — Career Comparison

Harvey Bailey
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brett Kennedy
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brett Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Harvey Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harvey Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.434 compared to 6.65 and 1.679 for Brett Kennedy. By the career numbers, Harvey Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Bailey and Brett Kennedy

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.22
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.01
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.61
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.51
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.68
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.13
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
6.65
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
27
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
27
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106.2
9
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.2
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
9.03
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
11.08
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.08
11.08
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.41
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.88
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.83
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
2.95
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.44
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.68
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.01
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
39.23
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
42.51
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.89
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
6.65
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.01
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.81
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
34.68
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
35.87
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.51
42.51

Fielding Stats for Harvey Bailey and Brett Kennedy

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.22
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.61
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
27
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
27
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
9
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.2
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.81
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.1
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.52
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.21
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.36
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.21
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Bailey and Brett Kennedy

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
208.7
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
733.33
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
53.69
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
182.61
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
58.03
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.15
-76.59
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.2
9.2
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Brett Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA