Harry Billiard vs. Doug Brocail — Career Comparison

Harry Billiard
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Billiard built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Brocail as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Billiard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.573 compared to 4 and 1.397 for Doug Brocail. By the career numbers, Harry Billiard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Billiard and Doug Brocail

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.74
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.95
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.42
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.62
34.62
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.95
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
4
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
8.63
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
885
9.05
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.26
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.977
0.977
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.36
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
32.05
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3793
38.79
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.42
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.74
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
25.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3373
34.5
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.05
32.05
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79

Fielding Stats for Harry Billiard and Doug Brocail

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
626
6.4
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.09
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
24.88
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.18
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
30.71
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
2.43
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.34
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
89.66
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Billiard and Doug Brocail

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
30.44
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
135.85
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
30.95
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
192.45
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
134.12
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
3.12
3.12
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100