Archie Bradley vs. Tom Kelley — Career Comparison

Archie Bradley
MillenialOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Kelley
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Kelley 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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 96 vs 68), home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 110), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 85). Role difference aside, Archie Bradley holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Archie Bradley and Tom Kelley

Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.13
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.29
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.64
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.99
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.44
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.53
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.49
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.85
50.85
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.27
43.27
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.2
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.59
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
4.03
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
3.75
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
27
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1224
27
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
9
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
9
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
8.69
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
8.82
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.85
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.84
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.7
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
4.57
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.29
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
8.96
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
5.16
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.39
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2116
38.94
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1770
39.04
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.51
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
4.31
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
4.37
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.85
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.488
1.488
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1875
34.51
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1546
34.1
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04

Fielding Stats for Archie Bradley and Tom Kelley

Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.13
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.3
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.64
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.99
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
27
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223
27
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
9
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
407.2
9
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.64
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.14
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.5
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.1
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.43
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.27
43.27
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Archie Bradley and Tom Kelley

Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
333
2938.24
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
104
503.23
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
68
600
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
600
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
63
555.88
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
561.29
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
53.23
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
53.23
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
3.65
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
5.31
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
53.23
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
67.74
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.65
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.35
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.35
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
61.76
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
38.71
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-24.92
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.99
-19.32
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.52
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
344.12
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
295.16
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.74
1.74
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.03
2.03
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.29
Tom Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
24.19
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.84
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA