Doug Brocail vs. Billy Pierce — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Pierce
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Billy Pierce 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. Billy Pierce led in strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 78), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 90). Doug Brocail held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 113). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Billy Pierce.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Billy Pierce

Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
585
1.59
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
1.18
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.53
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.57
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.46
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.53
55.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.85
73.85
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.09
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
4
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1201
3.27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9920
27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3306.2
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885
9.05
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2989
8.14
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
0.77
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1178
3.21
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1999
5.44
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.961
0.961
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3793
38.79
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13853
37.7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.23
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
4.46
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
3.61
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3373
34.5
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12645
34.42
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Billy Pierce

Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
2.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.21
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6250
27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2083.1
9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.54
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
2.43
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
2.76
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.34
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
2.64
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
95.62
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.043
1.043
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.78
47.78
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.14
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Billy Pierce

Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
616
294.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1255
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1102
526.85
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
97.05
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
88.92
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.22
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
8.13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.12
22.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
107.09
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272
130.04
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
44.94
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
32.99
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
77.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48.54
23.21
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
31.08
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
110.92
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.41
5.41
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
39.68
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.48
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
24
11.47
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.48
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.96
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Billy Pierce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.43
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Pierce
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33