Jim Brady vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Jim Brady
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Brady as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 28.42 and 4.263 for Jim Brady. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brady and Dick Matthews

Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
28.42
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.42
28.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.95
24.95
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.42
13.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
21.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.32
21.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
4.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
15.63
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.63
15.63
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
4.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.79
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.211
2.211
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
61.11
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.26
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
29.84
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.84
29.84
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.105
4.105
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
45.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Jim Brady and Dick Matthews

Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brady and Dick Matthews

Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
3600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.46
32.74
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
205.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.89
38.51
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brady
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA