Buttons Briggs vs. Jim Stoops — Career Comparison

Buttons Briggs
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Stoops
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buttons Briggs built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Stoops as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Stoops posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.25 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 3.41 and 1.415 for Buttons Briggs. By the career numbers, Jim Stoops had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buttons Briggs and Jim Stoops

Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.02
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.49
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.35
48.35
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.51
91.51
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.88
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
3.41
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.67
11.67
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567
27
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855.2
9
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
9.25
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
3.49
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
3.56
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.783
0.783
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.18
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.41
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3656
38.45
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
38.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
5.02
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3285
34.55
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
29.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Buttons Briggs and Jim Stoops

Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.53
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2568
27
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
9
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.68
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.22
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
2.12
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.73
95.73
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.906
1.906
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.17
47.17
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buttons Briggs and Jim Stoops

Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
181.71
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
350
600
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
555.43
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
82.29
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
72
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.43
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.14
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.29
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.62
21.63
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
101.14
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
114.86
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.14
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.07
15.54
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
66
113.14
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
5.3
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 600 PA