Brian Bannister vs. Mike Witt — Career Comparison

Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Witt
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mike Witt a clear advantage over Brian Bannister across the core pitching metrics. Mike Witt led in strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 93). Brian Bannister held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 109 vs 104). Mike Witt was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brian Bannister and Mike Witt

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.58
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
1.46
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.28
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.5
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.67
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.5
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.53
42.53
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.21
50.21
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.68
87.68
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.31
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
5.08
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
898
3.83
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6325
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2108.1
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
9.76
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2066
8.82
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.78
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.02
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
3.04
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.17
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
5.18
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1373
5.86
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.911
0.911
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.989
0.989
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.31
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.23
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2914
39.3
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
38.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.09
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
5.49
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1012
4.32
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.25
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.29
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.63
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.82
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2627
35.43
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8032
34.29
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Brian Bannister and Mike Witt

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.58
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
1.46
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.28
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6325
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2108.1
9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.63
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.29
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.02
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468
2
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.98
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.09
95.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.305
1.305
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.68
87.68
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bannister and Mike Witt

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
117
2127.27
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
600
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.77
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA