Keith Brown vs. Rick Mahler — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Mahler
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Mahler 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 3.99 and 1.407 for Rick Mahler. 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 Rick Mahler

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
1.81
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.25
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.44
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.51
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.38
46.38
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.13
69.13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.2
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.4
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
866
3.99
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5854
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1951.1
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9.63
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2069
9.54
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.76
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
2.8
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.32
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
4.34
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
4.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.19
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
38.14
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8306
38.31
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.15
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
972
4.48
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.46
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
0.85
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
34.36
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7515
34.66
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Rick Mahler

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
1.81
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.25
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5854
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1951.1
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.51
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
1.56
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.45
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
2.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.08
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
2.3
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.95
95.95
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.13
69.13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Rick Mahler

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
352.31
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
671
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
581
519.52
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
93
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
76.9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.2
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
16.1
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.09
21.54
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
110.88
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
112.67
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
35.77
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
33.08
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
67.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.27
19.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.79
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
17.88
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
117
104.62
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.74
5.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
59.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.79
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.94
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Mahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Mahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0