Provine Bradley vs. Bill James — Career Comparison

Provine Bradley
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati TigersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Provine Bradley and Bill James are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill James had the edge in ERA (3.2 vs 5.17). By the career numbers, Bill James had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Provine Bradley and Bill James

Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
1.55
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.12
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.54
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.41
72.41
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.17
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.2
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
8.47
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.12
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.87
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.37
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
42.22
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4958
37.83
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
7.47
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
4.26
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
38.49
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.22
42.22
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.83
37.83

Fielding Stats for Provine Bradley and Bill James

Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.97
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.1
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.95
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.53
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Provine Bradley and Bill James

Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
16
234.15
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
294.92
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
41
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
556.1
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.436
0.436
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
146.34
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
74.09
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
117.07
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
63.92
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.72
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
29.27
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.17
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.95
57.77
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.08
19
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
175.61
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
85.71
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
190.24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
117.68
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.633
0.633
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.43
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
87.8
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.75
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.52
66.19
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.26
13.45
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
43.9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
39.23
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.63
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
138
200.48
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
41
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2.99
2.99
Provine Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Provine Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33