Keith Brown vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays 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. Carl Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 3.4 and 1.469 for Keith Brown. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Brown and Carl Mays

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.38
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9.63
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
38.14
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.78
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
34.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Carl Mays

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.2
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.51
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Carl Mays

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50