Kitty Brashear vs. Doc Sykes — Career Comparison

Kitty Brashear
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Sykes
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Doc Sykes built a career as a starting pitcher and Kitty Brashear as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Sykes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 4.5 and 1.250 for Kitty Brashear. By the career numbers, Doc Sykes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kitty Brashear and Doc Sykes

Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.29
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.33
89.33
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.72
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
3.61
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1569
27
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
9
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
8.91
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
2.82
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
3.98
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.875
0.875
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
38.25
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
38.63
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.88
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.92
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.31
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.69
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.304
1.304
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
34.88
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1989
34.23
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Kitty Brashear and Doc Sykes

Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.35
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
2.87
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.38
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
3.46
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
3.21
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.79
92.79
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.383
2.383
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.68
45.68
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kitty Brashear and Doc Sykes

Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
900
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
207.89
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
600
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
550
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
115.79
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
86.84
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.05
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.26
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.99
39.45
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
155.26
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
136.84
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
57.89
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.47
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
94.74
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
42.1
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.42
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
15.79
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Kitty Brashear
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100