Brad Brach vs. Jimmy Nelson — Career Comparison

Brad Brach
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Nelson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Brach as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jimmy Nelson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 85), home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 114), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 104). Brad Brach held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 105). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jimmy Nelson.

Pitching Stats for Brad Brach and Jimmy Nelson

Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
8.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.62
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.46
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.55
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
3.55
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
4.12
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1658
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
552.2
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
7.74
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
643
8.74
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.74
7.74
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.93
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.94
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
4.3
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
3.44
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
9.59
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
8.45
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.543
1.543
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.49
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2351
38.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
38.81
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
4.01
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
4.63
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.23
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.68
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2045
33.3
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2517
34.2
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.29
38.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Brad Brach and Jimmy Nelson

Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
8.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1658
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
552.2
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.49
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.91
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.96
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.55
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.52
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.4
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.39
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.53
90.53
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.07
91.07
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.162
0.162
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Brach and Jimmy Nelson

Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
532
45600
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
550.96
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
15.46
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
60.58
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.65
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
20.19
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
21.71
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.54
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
37.5
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA