Jack Bracken vs. Hal Newhouser — Career Comparison

Jack Bracken
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hal Newhouser
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star

Hal Newhouser 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. Hal Newhouser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.311 compared to 6.21 and 1.680 for Jack Bracken. By the career numbers, Hal Newhouser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Bracken and Hal Newhouser

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.47
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.12
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.45
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.98
57.98
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.64
76.64
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
0.64
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.21
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
3.06
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8979
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2993
9
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
12.33
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2674
8.04
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.33
12.33
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.41
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.79
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
3.76
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.62
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1796
5.4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.9
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.06
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
42.03
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12648
38.03
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.24
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
8.46
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1197
3.6
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
38.34
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11380
34.22
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.03
42.03
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Jack Bracken and Hal Newhouser

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
89.63
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
24.8
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.25
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
112.22
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
4.04
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.25
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
141.06
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.25
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
137.02
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.083
2.083
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.529
1.529
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.35
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Bracken and Hal Newhouser

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
12
163.64
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
492
254.48
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1160
600
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
999
516.72
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
103.97
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
6
81.82
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
90.52
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
11.38
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
13.45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
41.67
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.45
30.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
120.52
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
10
136.36
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
150
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
36.72
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
41.9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
77.59
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.95
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66.85
34.58
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
46.03
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
109.09
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
77.59
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
5.5
5.5
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.73
7.73
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
37.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
24
12.41
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50