Brian Boehringer vs. Bugs Bennett — Career Comparison

Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bugs Bennett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bugs Bennett 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 6.68 and 2.109 for Bugs Bennett. 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 Bugs Bennett

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.67
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
4.36
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.68
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
11.23
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.23
11.23
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.8
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
4.61
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.75
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.75
7.75
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2375
39.98
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
44.91
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.29
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.489
1.489
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.109
2.109
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
36.62
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.91
44.91

Fielding Stats for Brian Boehringer and Bugs Bennett

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1604
27
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534.2
9
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.69
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.14
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.13
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.4
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Boehringer and Bugs Bennett

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
73
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
95.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA