Harvey Branch vs. Brian Fuentes — Career Comparison

Harvey Branch
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Fuentes
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Harvey Branch built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Fuentes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Fuentes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 5.4 and 2.000 for Harvey Branch. By the career numbers, Brian Fuentes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Branch and Brian Fuentes

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.38
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.68
37.68
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.99
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.62
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.56
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.94
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.79
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
9.38
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.47
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.76
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
43.2
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
38.48
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
5.59
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.92
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.4
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.26
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.53
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2267
33.27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Harvey Branch and Brian Fuentes

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.04
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
1.29
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.2
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.18
93.18
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.126
0.126
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Branch and Brian Fuentes

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
390000
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-60
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA