Keith Brown vs. Jim Hearn — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Hearn
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Hearn built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Keith Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.469 compared to 3.81 and 1.372 for Jim Hearn. By the career numbers, Keith Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Brown and Jim Hearn

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
2.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.21
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.58
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.47
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.05
55.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.83
57.83
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.33
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.4
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
3.81
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5111
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1703.2
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9.63
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1661
8.77
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.83
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.4
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
3.46
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.34
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
3.53
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
0.777
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.13
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
38.14
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7294
38.53
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.39
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
847
4.47
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.359
1.359
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
34.36
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6614
34.94
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Jim Hearn

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
4.72
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.53
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644.1
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.48
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.51
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
4.96
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.31
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.45
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
6.75
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.08
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
6.44
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.94
18.94
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Jim Hearn

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
403
391.26
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
548
532.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
74.76
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
57.28
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
17.48
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.82
25.07
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
111.65
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
107.77
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
42.72
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
34.95
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
68.93
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.16
13.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
32.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
214
207.77
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
33.98
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
7
6.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Hearn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100