Jack Bracken vs. Doug Rau — Career Comparison

Jack Bracken
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doug Rau
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doug Rau 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. Doug Rau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.35 and WHIP 1.312 compared to 6.21 and 1.680 for Jack Bracken. By the career numbers, Doug Rau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Bracken and Doug Rau

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.58
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.33
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.58
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.43
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.45
57.45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.23
84.23
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.21
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.35
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3783
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1261
9
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
12.33
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1259
8.99
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.33
12.33
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.71
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
2.79
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.73
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.62
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
4.97
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.856
0.856
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.9
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.2
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
42.03
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5314
37.93
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
8.46
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
3.65
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.23
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.76
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
38.34
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4801
34.27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.03
42.03
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93

Fielding Stats for Jack Bracken and Doug Rau

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.58
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.33
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3784
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1261.1
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.21
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.31
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.57
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
1.52
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.82
96.82
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.083
2.083
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.23
84.23
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Bracken and Doug Rau

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
12
163.64
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
293.39
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
454
600
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
377
498.24
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
76.65
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
71.37
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.96
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.32
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.29
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
41.67
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.88
15.7
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
83.26
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
114.98
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
27.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
27.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
55.51
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.95
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.91
13.09
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.32
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
37
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
95
125.55
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
4.78
4.78
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
60.79
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.64
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
10
13.22
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Rau
Career
Per 600 PA