Keith Brown vs. Dick McBride — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick McBride
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsUnknownStarting Pitcher

Dick McBride 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. Dick McBride posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.71 and WHIP 1.246 compared to 3.4 and 1.469 for Keith Brown. By the career numbers, Dick McBride had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Brown and Dick McBride

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.64
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.34
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.64
65.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.98
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
2.71
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6246
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2082
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
9.63
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
2420
10.46
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.63
9.63
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.46
10.46
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.75
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.34
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.65
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.156
0.156
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.17
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
38.14
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9401
40.64
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
1573
6.8
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
34.36
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
39.89
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.64
40.64

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Dick McBride

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.54
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6363
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2121
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
0.55
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.51
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
1.35
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.31
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.45
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520
2.21
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.08
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
1.9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.96
85.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.788
1.788
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.8
50.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Dick McBride

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
119.11
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1209
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1192
591.56
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
153.35
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
136.48
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
15.88
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
16.87
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86.76
43.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
171.22
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
161.79
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
103.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.84
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
191.07
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105.12
52.17
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
8.44
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.95
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86.36
86.36
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
1.21
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick McBride
Career
Per 600 PA
12
5.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
5.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick McBride
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33