Asa Brainard vs. Josh Hader — Career Comparison

Asa Brainard
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore CanariesUnknownStarting Pitcher
Josh Hader
MillenialMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Asa Brainard built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Hader as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Josh Hader posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.64 and WHIP 0.949 compared to 4.4 and 1.697 for Asa Brainard. By the career numbers, Josh Hader had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Asa Brainard and Josh Hader

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.09
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
8.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.05
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.68
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.54
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.17
31.17
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.47
96.47
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.99
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
3.99
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
4.4
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.64
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
1537
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
512.1
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1109
14.27
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.95
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.27
14.27
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.14
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.48
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
829
14.56
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.56
14.56
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.005
2.005
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.33
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3625
46.63
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
2019
35.47
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
5.64
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
11.8
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.88
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.697
1.697
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.937
0.937
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3547
45.63
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
1782
31.3
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.63
46.63
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.47
35.47

Fielding Stats for Asa Brainard and Josh Hader

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.18
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
8.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.93
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2658
27
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
1537
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
9
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
512.1
9
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.63
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.41
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.63
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.62
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.97
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.04
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.95
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.91
77.91
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.115
0.115
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.31
79.31
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Asa Brainard and Josh Hader

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
108
135.85
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
468
35100
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
600
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
587.42
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
132.08
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.07
39.08
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
159.75
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
158.49
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
56.6
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
47.08
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.16
-12.06
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.58
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.14
68.14
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.03
Josh Hader
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Josh Hader
Career
Per 600 PA