Jack Bracken vs. Barry Zito — Career Comparison

Jack Bracken
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Barry Zito
Gen XNevadaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Barry Zito 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. Barry Zito posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 6.21 and 1.680 for Jack Bracken. By the career numbers, Barry Zito had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Bracken and Barry Zito

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
1.51
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.47
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.58
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.5
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.23
97.23
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.08
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.21
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1157
4.04
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7730
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576.2
9
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
12.33
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2381
8.32
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.33
12.33
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
0.98
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.79
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
3.72
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.18
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.62
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1885
6.58
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.9
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.34
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
42.03
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11001
38.43
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
8.46
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1254
4.38
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.37
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
0.76
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
38.34
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9662
33.75
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.03
42.03
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.43
38.43

Fielding Stats for Jack Bracken and Barry Zito

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.08
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
1.51
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.47
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7730
27
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576.2
9
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.3
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
1.12
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
1.48
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.25
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.43
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.45
96.45
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.083
2.083
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.942
0.942
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.23
97.23
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Bracken and Barry Zito

Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
12
163.64
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
434
622.97
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
418
600
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
600
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
344
493.78
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
41.67
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.47
6.41
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
50.24
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
136.36
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
76.08
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.22
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
15.79
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.01
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.95
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.17
-7.42
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
25.84
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
99
142.11
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
4.22
4.22
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
80.38
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.74
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Bracken
Career
Per 600 PA
Barry Zito
Career
Per 600 PA