Doug Brocail vs. Al Hollingsworth — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Hollingsworth
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Hollingsworth 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. Al Hollingsworth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.466 compared to 4 and 1.397 for Doug Brocail. By the career numbers, Al Hollingsworth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Al Hollingsworth

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
1.86
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.41
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.62
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.73
58.73
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.46
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
4
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.99
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4561
27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1520.1
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1642
9.72
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.28
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
587
3.47
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
3.6
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.23
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6703
39.68
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.46
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
4.66
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6102
36.12
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Al Hollingsworth

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2640
27
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
9
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.25
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.55
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.366
0.366
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.156
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Al Hollingsworth

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
331
352.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
563
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
525
559.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
109.77
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
93.78
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.79
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.99
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.94
25.51
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
131.08
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
135.35
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
56.48
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
88.45
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.08
23.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.51
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
63.94
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.38
9.38
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14.92
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
23
24.51
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA