Doug Brocail vs. Fred Burchell — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Burchell
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Burchell built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Brocail as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Burchell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 4 and 1.397 for Doug Brocail. By the career numbers, Fred Burchell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Fred Burchell

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.54
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.88
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.47
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.43
46.43
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
4
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.2
9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
885
9.05
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
8.44
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
3.17
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.91
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.756
0.756
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.36
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3793
38.79
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147
36.14
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
4.46
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
4.38
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3373
34.5
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1039
32.73
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.14
36.14

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Fred Burchell

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.54
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.64
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
2.43
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.34
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.83
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.54
86.54
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.837
1.837
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.02
51.02
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Fred Burchell

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
50
267.86
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
583.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
128.57
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
123.21
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
27.06
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
133.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
128.57
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.14
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
69.64
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.92
31.71
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.64
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Fred Burchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.62
8.62
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fred Burchell
Career
Per 600 PA