Keith Brown vs. Fred Olmstead — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Olmstead
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Olmstead 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. Fred Olmstead posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 3.4 and 1.469 for Keith Brown. By the career numbers, Fred Olmstead had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Brown and Fred Olmstead

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.66
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.93
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.5
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.06
56.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.65
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358.2
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9.63
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
9.49
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.33
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.34
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
3.39
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
38.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
36.18
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
4.07
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
34.36
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1338
33.57
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Fred Olmstead

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
2.46
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.97
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.6
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.51
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.18
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.45
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.08
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.08
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.78
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.939
1.939
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Fred Olmstead

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
300
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
563.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
86.36
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
72.73
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
20.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.18
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.91
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
15.35
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
86.36
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.95
6.95
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA