Keith Brown vs. Jack Taylor — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Taylor
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Taylor 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. Jack Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 3.4 and 1.469 for Keith Brown. By the career numbers, Jack Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Brown and Jack Taylor

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
1.07
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
0.98
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.48
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.23
52.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.28
92.28
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
0.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.65
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7878
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2626
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9.63
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2504
8.58
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
2
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.34
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
2.27
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.475
0.475
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.32
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
38.14
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10705
36.69
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1195
4.1
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.176
1.176
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
34.36
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10027
34.37
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.69
36.69

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Jack Taylor

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8286
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2762
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.53
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.51
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
2.5
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.16
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.45
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
978
3.19
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.08
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
929
3.03
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.99
94.99
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.04
36.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Jack Taylor

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
175.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1157
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1063
551.25
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
122.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
92.83
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
21.78
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
6.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
29.56
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90.98
47.18
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
160.76
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
159.2
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
57.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
45.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
101.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98.31
50.98
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.59
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
34.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
66.38
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.04
9.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
11.93
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.33
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.33
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100