Asa Brainard vs. Mark Mercer — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore CanariesUnknownStarting Pitcher
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Asa Brainard built a career as a starting pitcher and Mark Mercer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Asa Brainard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.697 compared to 4.7 and 1.826 for Mark Mercer. By the career numbers, Asa Brainard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Asa Brainard and Mark Mercer

Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.09
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.05
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.31
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.68
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.17
31.17
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.47
96.47
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.99
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
4.4
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.7
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1109
14.27
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.27
14.27
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
8.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9.39
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.957
1.957
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3625
46.63
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
42.26
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
11.8
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.7
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.697
1.697
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.826
1.826
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3547
45.63
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
34.04
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.63
46.63
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.26
42.26

Fielding Stats for Asa Brainard and Mark Mercer

Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.18
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.93
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2658
27
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
9
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.63
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.41
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.62
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
2.04
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.91
77.91
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.31
79.31
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Asa Brainard and Mark Mercer

Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
135.85
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
477
600
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
587.42
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
132.08
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.07
39.08
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
159.75
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
158.49
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
56.6
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
47.08
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.58
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
8.81
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.14
68.14
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.03
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA