Lou Brissie vs. Bobby Mathews — Career Comparison

Lou Brissie
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher

Lou Brissie built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Mathews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Mathews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 4.07 and 1.468 for Lou Brissie. By the career numbers, Bobby Mathews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Brissie and Bobby Mathews

Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.35
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.93
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
1.03
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.44
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
0.54
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.48
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.45
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.45
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.04
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.29
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
4.07
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1573
2.86
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2693
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
897.2
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
8.69
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5601
10.17
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.61
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
4.52
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.37
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.988
0.988
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3948
39.58
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21997
39.95
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.83
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.02
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
4.52
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3497
6.35
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3483
34.92
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21417
38.89
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Lou Brissie and Bobby Mathews

Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
1.1
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.22
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16419
27
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5473
9
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
0.49
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
1.33
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
2.23
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1102
1.81
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.39
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.21
81.21
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.637
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.88
19.88
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.04
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Brissie and Bobby Mathews

Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
234
440.13
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
146.07
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
319
600
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2559
600
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
295
554.86
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
126.02
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
118.17
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
114.73
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
104.57
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.4
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
11.25
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.88
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.23
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
6
11.29
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
13.6
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
15.02
28.25
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
139.18
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
573
134.35
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
139.18
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
577
135.29
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
17
31.97
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
48.9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
38.45
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
43
80.88
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17.52
32.95
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133.55
31.31
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.17
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
17.12
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
43.26
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
13.87
13.87
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Lou Brissie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
31.97
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
10
18.81
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.17
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Lou Brissie
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67