Doug Brocail vs. Max Butcher — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Max Butcher
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Max Butcher 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. Max Butcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.410 compared to 4 and 1.397 for Doug Brocail. By the career numbers, Max Butcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Max Butcher

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
1.68
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.15
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.48
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.26
47.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.56
68.56
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.52
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
4
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
3.73
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5359
27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1786.1
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1935
9.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
3.17
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
2.94
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
2.44
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7761
39.1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.3
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
4.46
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
886
4.46
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7157
36.06
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Max Butcher

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2640
27
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
9
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.25
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
402
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.47
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.366
0.366
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.497
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Max Butcher

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
342
316.18
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
649
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
598
552.85
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
101.69
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
87.83
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.94
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.87
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.64
20
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
117.41
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
116.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
39.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
34.21
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
73.04
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
17.8
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.87
15.6
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.79
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
85.05
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Max Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
32.36
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
21
19.41
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Max Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA