Harry Brecheen vs. Charlie Buffinton — Career Comparison

Harry Brecheen
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Charlie Buffinton
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Brecheen built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Buffinton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Brecheen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.188 compared to 2.96 and 1.234 for Charlie Buffinton. By the career numbers, Harry Brecheen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Brecheen and Charlie Buffinton

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
1.5
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.09
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.13
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.05
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.63
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
0.62
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.4
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.11
59.11
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.52
60.52
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.47
75.47
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.59
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
0.93
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.92
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1120
2.96
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10212
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3404
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1731
8.17
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3344
8.84
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.55
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.23
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536
2.53
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
856
2.26
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
901
4.25
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1700
4.49
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.753
0.753
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.46
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.08
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7821
36.9
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14465
38.24
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.25
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
3.31
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1824
4.82
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7248
34.19
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13578
35.9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Harry Brecheen and Charlie Buffinton

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
1.12
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14889
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
9
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
1.66
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
1.6
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.33
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1979
3.59
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
3.26
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.27
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.8
90.8
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.903
2.903
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Brecheen and Charlie Buffinton

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
321
258.18
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
152.27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
746
600
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2309
600
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
673
541.29
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2214
575.31
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
129
103.75
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
543
141.1
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
109
87.67
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
453
117.71
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.46
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
17.41
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.02
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.16
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.61
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
1.82
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
20
16.09
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
23.39
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
37.43
30.1
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.41
48.44
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
158
127.08
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
663
172.28
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
178
143.16
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
638
165.79
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
48
38.61
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
63.66
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
44
35.39
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
66.26
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
90
72.39
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
128.11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
38.13
30.67
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214.84
55.83
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.22
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.04
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.19
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
23.65
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
121
97.32
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
29.62
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.17
6.17
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.25
20.25
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
19.3
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.87
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.64
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.64
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100