Brian Boehringer vs. Jim Buchanan — Career Comparison

Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Buchanan
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Buchanan built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Boehringer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Buchanan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.245 compared to 4.36 and 1.552 for Brian Boehringer. By the career numbers, Jim Buchanan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Boehringer and Jim Buchanan

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
4.36
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141.1
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9.49
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.72
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.44
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2375
39.98
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
36.68
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.84
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.489
1.489
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
34.83
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68

Fielding Stats for Brian Boehringer and Jim Buchanan

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.51
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.02
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.51
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.3
87.3
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Boehringer and Jim Buchanan

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
253.85
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
530.77
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
26.52
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
24.28
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100