Jack Bracken vs. Jim Neidlinger — Career Comparison

Jack Bracken
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Neidlinger
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Neidlinger built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Bracken as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Neidlinger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.122 compared to 6.21 and 1.680 for Jack Bracken. By the career numbers, Jim Neidlinger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Bracken and Jim Neidlinger

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.46
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.46
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.61
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
6.21
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.28
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
12.33
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
8.15
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.33
12.33
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.79
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.82
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.62
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.59
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.824
0.824
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.9
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
42.03
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
301
36.61
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
8.46
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.65
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.85
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.108
1.108
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
38.34
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
33.81
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.03
42.03
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61

Fielding Stats for Jack Bracken and Jim Neidlinger

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.46
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.46
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
27
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.97
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.58
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.58
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.083
2.083
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.083
1.083
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Bracken and Jim Neidlinger

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
12
163.64
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
266.67
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
600
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
25
555.56
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
41.67
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
12.78
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.95
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.63
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
8
177.78
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Neidlinger
Career
Per 600 PA