Kevin Brown vs. Ben Wade — Career Comparison

Kevin Brown
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ben Wade
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Brown built a career as a starting pitcher and Ben Wade as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kevin Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.235 compared to 4.34 and 1.478 for Ben Wade. By the career numbers, Kevin Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Brown and Ben Wade

Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
1.34
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.86
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.32
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.58
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.4
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.44
59.44
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.78
52.78
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.94
97.94
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.19
21.19
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.2
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1185
3.28
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
4.34
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9769
27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256.1
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3079
8.51
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
8.82
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.57
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
2.49
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.39
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.12
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2397
6.62
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
5.7
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.62
6.62
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.013
1.013
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.3
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.38
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.04
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13542
37.43
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
39.36
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
3.75
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
4.8
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.26
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.18
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
0.91
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12343
34.11
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
34.76
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Kevin Brown and Ben Wade

Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
1.34
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
11.06
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.32
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9769
27
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
27
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3256.1
9
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
9
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.07
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.53
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
1.55
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.38
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.14
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
999
2.76
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.28
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
2.63
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.91
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.1
95.1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.955
1.955
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.94
97.94
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.38
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Brown and Ben Wade

Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
511.3
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
661.68
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
575
600
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
107
600
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
516.52
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
549.53
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
66.78
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
11
61.68
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
54.26
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
10.43
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.09
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
12.52
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.7
15.34
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
29.91
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
83.48
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
145.79
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
91.83
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
13
72.9
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
20.87
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.86
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
30.26
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
50.47
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
49.04
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.9
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
4.32
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-0.56
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.22
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19.83
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
195.13
Ben Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
207.48
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.07
3.07
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
56.35
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.64
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.09
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Kevin Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.09
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Wade
Career
Per 600 PA