Dallas Braden vs. Jim Conway — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Conway
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Dallas Braden built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Conway as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Conway posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 4.16 and 1.335 for Dallas Braden. By the career numbers, Jim Conway had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Jim Conway

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.72
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.11
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.03
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.48
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.58
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.14
43.14
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.04
84.04
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.87
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
4.16
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
3.64
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
452.2
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
9.34
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
9.64
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
2.58
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.78
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.72
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.34
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1960
38.97
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.54
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
6.6
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.71
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1899
34.78
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
36.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Jim Conway

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.72
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1377
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
459
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.3
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.78
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.87
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.45
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.74
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.08
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.14
93.14
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.8
84.8
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.738
1.738
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Jim Conway

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
57
164.42
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
582.69
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
106.73
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
95.19
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.54
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.96
25.86
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
124.04
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
124.04
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
49.04
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
34.62
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
83.65
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-35.89
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.55
24.68
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.65
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.65
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
75
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100