Dallas Braden vs. Dick Ward — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Ward
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dallas Braden built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Ward as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Ward posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 4.16 and 1.335 for Dallas Braden. By the career numbers, Dick Ward had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Dick Ward

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.48
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
4.16
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
9.34
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
13.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.34
9.34
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.58
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.2
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
43.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.54
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
10.5
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.71
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1899
34.78
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
39
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Dick Ward

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.72
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1474
27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491.1
9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.44
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.3
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.87
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.74
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.14
93.14
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Dick Ward

Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2400
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.36
-35.89
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA