Jack Bracken vs. Scott Nielsen — Career Comparison

Jack Bracken
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Nielsen
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scott Nielsen 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. Scott Nielsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.49 and WHIP 1.626 compared to 6.21 and 1.680 for Jack Bracken. By the career numbers, Scott Nielsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Bracken and Scott Nielsen

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.14
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.57
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.69
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.21
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
5.49
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142.2
9
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
12.33
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
11.23
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.33
12.33
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.23
11.23
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.64
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.79
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
3.22
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.62
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.96
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.687
0.687
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.9
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
42.03
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
40
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.57
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
8.46
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.93
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.45
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.605
1.605
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
38.34
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
36.34
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.03
42.03
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40

Fielding Stats for Jack Bracken and Scott Nielsen

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.14
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142.2
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.2
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.58
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.083
2.083
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.605
0.605
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Bracken and Scott Nielsen

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
163.64
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
41.67
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.95
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
8
109.09
Scott Nielsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Nielsen
Career
Per 600 PA