Asa Brainard vs. Jason Motte — Career Comparison

Asa Brainard
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore CanariesUnknownStarting Pitcher
Jason Motte
MillenialMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Asa Brainard built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Motte as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Motte posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 4.4 and 1.697 for Asa Brainard. By the career numbers, Jason Motte had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Asa Brainard and Jason Motte

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.09
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
10.05
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.05
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.61
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.68
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.34
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.17
31.17
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.47
96.47
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.99
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.36
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
4.4
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.3
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1193
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
397.2
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1109
14.27
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
7.56
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.27
14.27
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
2.83
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
8.49
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.53
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.36
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3625
46.63
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1630
36.89
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.67
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
11.8
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.58
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.72
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.697
1.697
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3547
45.63
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1464
33.13
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.63
46.63
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Asa Brainard and Jason Motte

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.18
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
10.05
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.93
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2658
27
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
1193
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
9
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
397.2
9
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.63
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.41
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.31
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.62
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
2.08
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
2.04
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.06
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.91
77.91
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.91
98.91
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.205
0.205
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.31
79.31
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Asa Brainard and Jason Motte

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
108
135.85
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
66600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
600
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
587.42
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
132.08
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.07
39.08
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
159.75
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
158.49
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
56.6
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
47.08
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-66.4
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.58
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.14
68.14
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.03
Jason Motte
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Jason Motte
Career
Per 600 PA