Brian Boehringer vs. Joe McClain — Career Comparison

Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe McClain
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe McClain 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. Brian Boehringer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.552 compared to 4.42 and 1.360 for Joe McClain. By the career numbers, Brian Boehringer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Boehringer and Joe McClain

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.64
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.84
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.74
76.74
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
4.36
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
4.42
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
9.69
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.08
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.14
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.25
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.13
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2375
39.98
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
38.52
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
4.96
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.489
1.489
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
945
36.04
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Brian Boehringer and Joe McClain

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.64
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.61
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.11
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.75
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.72
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.83
97.83
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.74
76.74
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Boehringer and Joe McClain

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
43
326.58
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
569.62
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
113.92
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
83.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.92
29.77
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
144.3
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
121.52
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
28.02
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
121.52
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
4.94
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA