Archie Bradley vs. Joe Horlen — Career Comparison

Archie Bradley
MillenialOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Horlen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Horlen built a career as a starting pitcher and Archie Bradley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Archie Bradley led in home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 113), strikeout rate (K%+ 92 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 99). Joe Horlen held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 112 vs 96). Role difference aside, Archie Bradley holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Archie Bradley and Joe Horlen

Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.13
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.64
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.52
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.53
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.53
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.85
50.85
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.79
49.79
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.27
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.59
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
4.03
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
3.11
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1467
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6006
27
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
489
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
9
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
8.69
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1829
8.22
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.85
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.65
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
3.7
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
2.49
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.29
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.29
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
8.96
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065
4.79
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.809
0.809
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.39
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.24
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
38.94
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8234
37.02
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.51
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
4.31
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.52
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.85
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1875
34.51
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7606
34.19
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Archie Bradley and Joe Horlen

Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.13
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.64
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1467
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6001
27
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
489
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2000.1
9
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.72
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.64
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.89
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.14
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
2.68
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.1
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
2.61
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
96.77
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.607
1.607
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Archie Bradley and Joe Horlen

Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
333
2938.24
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
356.2
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
68
600
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
600
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
555.88
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
534.29
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
71.76
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
67.44
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.46
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.32
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
3.65
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.24
10.58
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
76.95
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
88.18
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.65
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.07
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
22.48
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
61.76
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
47.55
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-24.92
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.75
-0.65
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
15.56
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
344.12
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
109.8
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.74
1.74
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
46.69
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.59
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.65
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.73
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50