Denis Boucher vs. Doug Brocail — Career Comparison

Denis Boucher
Gen XCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Denis Boucher 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. Doug Brocail posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 5.42 and 1.548 for Denis Boucher. By the career numbers, Doug Brocail had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denis Boucher and Doug Brocail

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.16
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.68
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.42
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
10.48
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.73
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.87
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
4.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
40.01
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
5.73
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.35
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.73
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
35.63
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.01
40.01
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79

Fielding Stats for Denis Boucher and Doug Brocail

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.16
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.6
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.42
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.97
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.85
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denis Boucher and Doug Brocail

Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
35
1750
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
487.06
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.514
0.514
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
40.88
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
40.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
200
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
134.12
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
112.94
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Denis Boucher
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100