Doug Brocail vs. Jack Compton — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Compton
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Compton 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. Jack Compton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.342 compared to 4 and 1.397 for Doug Brocail. By the career numbers, Jack Compton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Jack Compton

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.84
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
4
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
885
9.05
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
6.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.13
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.829
0.829
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
39.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.42
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
4.46
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.342
1.342
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3373
34.5
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
33.39
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Jack Compton

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2640
27
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
9
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.25
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.366
0.366
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.875
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Jack Compton

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
800
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.514
0.514
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
61.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
82.59
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Jack Compton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jack Compton
Career
Per 600 PA