Ed Brandt vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Ed Brandt
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Brandt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Brandt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.375 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Ed Brandt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Brandt and Dick Tomanek

Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
1.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.1
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.48
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.58
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.32
45.32
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.54
73.54
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
3.86
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6805
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2268.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2342
9.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.53
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
3.09
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
877
3.48
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9721
38.57
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1084
4.3
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8908
35.34
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
35.18
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Ed Brandt and Dick Tomanek

Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
27
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
9
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.41
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.54
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.03
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.95
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.68
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.561
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.453
0.453
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Brandt and Dick Tomanek

Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
404
276.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
878
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
793
541.91
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
127.79
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
9
101.89
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
110.71
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
14.35
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
17.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.02
41.7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
38.22
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
147.61
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
165.38
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.67
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
40.32
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
94.99
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.18
49.33
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2.54
28.8
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
37.59
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
56.72
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
10.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
4.82
4.82
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
20.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.15
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brandt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Brandt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA