Doug Brocail vs. Tommy Johnson — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tommy Johnson
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tommy Johnson 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. Doug Brocail posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.79 and 1.660 for Tommy Johnson. By the career numbers, Doug Brocail had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Tommy Johnson

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.88
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.07
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.9
56.9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
4.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
835
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
278.1
9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
11.19
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.19
11.19
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
3.72
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
3.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1283
41.49
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
6.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.42
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.65
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.71
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
36.83
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.49
41.49

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Tommy Johnson

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.89
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.09
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
841
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
280.1
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.89
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
2.43
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.66
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.34
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.729
1.729
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.63
57.63
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Tommy Johnson

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
61
323.89
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
562.83
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
69.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
58.41
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
18.22
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
13.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
79.65
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
95.58
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.24
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.93
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
37.17
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
17.8
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
1.28
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.55
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.5
56.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA