Buster Brown vs. Dave Gray — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Silent GenerationUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buster Brown built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Gray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Buster Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.21 and WHIP 1.377 compared to 9 and 2.923 for Dave Gray. By the career numbers, Buster Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buster Brown and Dave Gray

Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.45
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.23
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.02
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.32
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.64
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.12
33.12
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.51
70.51
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.66
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
3.21
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.64
12.64
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4355
27
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1451.2
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
8.48
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
12.46
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.22
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
631
3.91
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
13.85
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.85
13.85
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
3.11
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
11.77
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.77
11.77
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.846
2.846
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.33
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.77
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.37
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6029
37.38
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
53.31
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.34
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4.43
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
13.85
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.85
13.85
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.923
2.923
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5339
33.1
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
39.46
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.31
53.31

Fielding Stats for Buster Brown and Dave Gray

Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.05
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.23
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.04
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3087
27
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.66
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.8
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.26
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
4.71
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
4.45
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.43
94.43
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.175
2.175
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.85
50.85
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.17
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buster Brown and Dave Gray

Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
253.14
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
5400
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
557
600
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
522
562.3
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
102.33
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
66.79
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.78
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.54
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.23
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
35.55
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.37
33.8
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
151.89
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
122.8
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
40.93
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.78
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
62.48
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.6
29.73
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
19.39
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
139
149.73
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
17.24
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buster Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA