Brian Barnes vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Brian Barnes
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Barnes built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Barnes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Brian Barnes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Barnes and Dick Tomanek

Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.57
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.24
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.49
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.94
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1219
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
8.06
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
4.52
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.36
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
6.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.2
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1754
38.85
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
4.27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1507
33.38
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
35.18
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Brian Barnes and Dick Tomanek

Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.57
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.24
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1219
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.44
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.53
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.54
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.97
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.7
95.7
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Barnes and Dick Tomanek

Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
543.75
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
501.56
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
70.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
70.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.13
14.67
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
15
70.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
117.19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.06
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.75
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.81
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.39
11.22
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.88
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
51
239.06
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brian Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.56
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA