Joe Brown vs. Troy Mattes — Career Comparison

Joe Brown
Pre-GenerationalCANNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Troy Mattes
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Troy Mattes built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.11 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 6 and 1.644 for Troy Mattes. By the career numbers, Joe Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Brown and Troy Mattes

Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.13
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.02
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.92
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.11
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
11.05
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
10.2
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.2
10.2
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.8
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.13
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.2
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
3.68
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.2
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
40.7
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
41.4
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
7.06
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
6.6
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
39.58
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
35.8
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.7
40.7
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Joe Brown and Troy Mattes

Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.38
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.6
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
27
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
9
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.96
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.26
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.46
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.6
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.22
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.4
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.24
90.24
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.609
1.609
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
0.875
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Brown and Troy Mattes

Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
150
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
300
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
600
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
120
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
262.5
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
112.5
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.14
23.54
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
112.12
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
127.5
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
300
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
120
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
262.5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
60
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
82.5
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
22.99
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
126.02
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
15
112.5
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Troy Mattes
Career
Per 600 PA