Asa Brainard vs. Jim Strickland — Career Comparison

Asa Brainard
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore CanariesUnknownStarting Pitcher
Jim Strickland
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Asa Brainard built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Strickland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Strickland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 4.4 and 1.697 for Asa Brainard. By the career numbers, Jim Strickland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Asa Brainard and Jim Strickland

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.09
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
6.98
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.05
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.68
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.17
31.17
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.47
96.47
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.99
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.58
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
4.4
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.68
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2099
27
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699.2
9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
9
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1109
14.27
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
7.33
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.27
14.27
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.05
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.12
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
6.98
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.53
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.81
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3625
46.63
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
39.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.03
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
11.8
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.54
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.697
1.697
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3547
45.63
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
32.94
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.63
46.63
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.22
39.22

Fielding Stats for Asa Brainard and Jim Strickland

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.18
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.01
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.93
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2658
27
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.63
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.82
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.41
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.4
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.58
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.35
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.62
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.57
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
2.04
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.22
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.91
77.91
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.733
1.733
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.31
79.31
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Asa Brainard and Jim Strickland

Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
135.85
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
6000
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
477
600
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
587.42
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
145.91
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
132.08
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.84
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.07
39.08
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.49
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
159.75
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
158.49
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
89.31
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
56.6
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
145.91
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.43
47.08
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
96.39
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
12.58
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.14
68.14
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.43
1.43
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.03
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.03
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.81
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Asa Brainard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA