Harry Brecheen vs. Steve Farr — Career Comparison

Harry Brecheen
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Steve Farr
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Brecheen built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Farr 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 3.25 and 1.373 for Steve Farr. 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 Steve Farr

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
1.5
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
5.56
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.13
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.63
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.52
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.49
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.11
59.11
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.61
51.61
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.47
75.47
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.59
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.44
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.92
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
3.25
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2473
27
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
824.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1731
8.17
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
8.2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.55
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.76
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
2.53
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
3.65
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
4.25
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
7.29
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.29
7.29
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.26
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.17
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.35
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7821
36.9
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.07
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
3.42
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
3.31
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
3.56
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.25
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.26
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.81
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7248
34.19
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3074
33.56
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.07
38.07

Fielding Stats for Harry Brecheen and Steve Farr

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
5.56
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.31
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2473
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.6
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.11
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.81
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.71
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.27
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.428
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Brecheen and Steve Farr

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
321
258.18
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
509
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
746
600
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
673
541.29
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
103.75
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
87.67
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.46
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.02
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.61
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.09
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
30.1
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
127.08
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
143.16
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
38.61
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
35.39
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
72.39
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.13
30.67
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.22
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.19
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
121
97.32
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
19.3
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.87
Steve Farr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Farr
Career
Per 600 PA