Harry Brecheen vs. Charlie Kerfeld — Career Comparison

Harry Brecheen
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Charlie Kerfeld
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Brecheen built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Kerfeld 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 4.2 and 1.572 for Charlie Kerfeld. 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 Kerfeld

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
1.5
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
5.49
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.13
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.63
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.8
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.11
59.11
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.47
75.47
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.59
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.92
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1731
8.17
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
8.43
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.55
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.54
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
2.53
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
5.22
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
4.25
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
6.92
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7821
36.9
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
39.63
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.25
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.37
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
3.31
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
4.64
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.12
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7248
34.19
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
32.98
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Harry Brecheen and Charlie Kerfeld

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
5.49
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
27
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.2
9
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.85
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.27
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.428
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Brecheen and Charlie Kerfeld

Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
258.18
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PAverified
123
2544.83
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
746
600
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
673
541.29
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
103.75
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
87.67
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
10.46
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.02
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.61
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.09
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.43
30.1
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
1.58
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
127.08
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
143.16
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
38.61
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
35.39
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
72.39
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.13
30.67
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.72
-35.51
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.22
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.19
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
97.32
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
331.03
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
1.81
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Brecheen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
19.3
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
12.87
Charlie Kerfeld
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Brecheen
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Kerfeld
Career
Per 600 PA