Harry Brecheen vs. Jerry Fosnow — Career Comparison

Harry Brecheen
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Brecheen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fosnow 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 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. 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 Jerry Fosnow

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
1.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.63
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.11
59.11
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.47
75.47
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.59
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.92
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1731
8.17
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.55
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
2.53
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
4.25
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.91
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7821
36.9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
3.31
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
34.19
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.85
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19

Fielding Stats for Harry Brecheen and Jerry Fosnow

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.1
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.04
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.83
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.428
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.389
0.389
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Brecheen and Jerry Fosnow

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
258.18
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
4320
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
746
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
541.29
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
103.75
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
87.67
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.46
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.02
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.61
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
30.1
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
127.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
143.16
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
38.61
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
35.39
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
72.39
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.13
30.67
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.22
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.19
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
97.32
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
19.3
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.87
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA