Chad Bradford vs. Cliff Carter — Career Comparison

Chad Bradford
Gen XMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Carter
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaHarrisburg GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cliff Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Bradford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chad Bradford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 4.79 and 1.506 for Cliff Carter. By the career numbers, Chad Bradford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chad Bradford and Cliff Carter

Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
9.79
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.44
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.63
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.62
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.54
52.54
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.78
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
3.26
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.79
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
27
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1347
27
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
515.2
9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
9
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
9.2
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
10.02
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.49
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.39
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.53
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.68
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
5.46
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
3.73
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.873
0.873
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2180
38.05
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
40.55
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.01
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.73
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
6.15
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.16
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.12
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.68
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1978
34.52
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1777
35.62
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Chad Bradford and Cliff Carter

Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
9.79
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.46
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.11
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1547
27
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1388
27
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
515.2
9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
462.2
9
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.54
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.9
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.12
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.55
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
2.49
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.44
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
2.2
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.28
88.28
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
76
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Bradford and Cliff Carter

Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
562
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
240.57
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
600
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
543.4
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.83
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
133.02
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.24
57.28
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
172.64
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
189.62
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.47
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.4
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.56
69.51
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
53
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.81
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Bradford
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Carter
Career
Per 600 PA