Elmer Brown vs. Ryan Madson — Career Comparison

Elmer Brown
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elmer Brown built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elmer Brown posted a career ERA of 3.48 against Ryan Madson's 3.48, with WHIP of 1.447 and 1.292 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Brown and Ryan Madson

Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.05
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.96
55.96
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.84
48.84
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
3.48
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
188.2
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
8.63
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
8.59
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.85
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.39
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
2.59
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
3.77
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
8.02
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.906
0.906
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.33
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.41
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.95
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.46
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
38.26
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3631
37.58
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.82
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.37
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
32.92
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3277
33.91
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Elmer Brown and Ryan Madson

Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2609
27
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
869.2
9
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.07
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.52
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.5
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.395
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.196
0.196
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Brown and Ryan Madson

Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
43
403.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
562.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
506.9
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
75
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.66
15.57
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
103.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
84.38
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
2.04
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
29
271.88
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
217.24
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA