Doug Bair vs. Harry Brecheen — Career Comparison

Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Brecheen
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Harry Brecheen built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Brecheen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 3.63 and 1.453 for Doug Bair. By the career numbers, Harry Brecheen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bair and Harry Brecheen

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
1.5
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.13
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.63
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.12
56.12
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.11
59.11
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.47
75.47
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.59
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
3.63
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.92
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839
8.3
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1731
8.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.3
8.3
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.85
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.55
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
4.01
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
2.53
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
6.82
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
4.25
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3902
38.62
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7821
36.9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
3.94
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
3.31
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.63
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3407
33.72
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7248
34.19
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Doug Bair and Harry Brecheen

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2728
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
909.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.71
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.22
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.02
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.93
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.59
95.59
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.334
0.334
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.428
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bair and Harry Brecheen

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
321
258.18
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
746
600
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
557.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
541.29
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
103.75
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
87.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
10.46
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.02
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.61
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.09
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
16.45
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
30.1
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
127.08
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
143.16
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
38.61
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
35.39
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
72.39
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-11.86
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.13
30.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.22
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.19
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
246.43
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
97.32
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
19.3
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.87
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA