Brian Boehringer vs. Al Pratt — Career Comparison

Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Pratt
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaCleveland Forest CitysUnknownStarting Pitcher

Al Pratt 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 4.41 and 1.535 for Al Pratt. 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 Al Pratt

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.17
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.09
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.71
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.58
31.58
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.02
93.02
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.82
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
4.36
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
4.41
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
330.1
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
12.15
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.66
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.12
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.69
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2375
39.98
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1655
45.09
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
11.47
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.47
11.47
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.489
1.489
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.535
1.535
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1594
43.43
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.09
45.09

Fielding Stats for Brian Boehringer and Al Pratt

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.46
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.13
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1074
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
358
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.85
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.38
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.64
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.24
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.76
84.76
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.535
1.535
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.59
77.59
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Boehringer and Al Pratt

Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
45
137.76
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
596.94
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.665
0.665
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
159.18
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
113.27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.37
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.55
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
45.92
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.12
58.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
232.65
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
162.24
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
125.51
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
97.96
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
223.47
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.32
68.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
196
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.12
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Pratt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100