Doc Bracken vs. Doug Brocail — Career Comparison

Doc Bracken
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Bracken 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 5.52 and 1.774 for Doc Bracken. By the career numbers, Doug Brocail had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Bracken and Doug Brocail

Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.58
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.53
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.52
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.2
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
9.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.59
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.7
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.7
6.7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
7.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
642
6.57
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.29
7.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.082
1.082
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.36
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
43.16
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
7.09
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.09
7.09
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.42
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.73
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.774
1.774
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
35.28
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79

Fielding Stats for Doc Bracken and Doug Brocail

Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.58
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.2
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.58
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.97
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.97
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.22
96.22
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Bracken and Doug Brocail

Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
8
282.35
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
12.73
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
18.22
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
63.53
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
176.47
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-7.44
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
17.8
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Doc Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100