Keith Brown vs. Jake Thielman — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Thielman
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Thielman 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. Jake Thielman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.241 compared to 3.4 and 1.469 for Keith Brown. By the career numbers, Jake Thielman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Brown and Jake Thielman

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.57
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.53
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.15
86.15
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.93
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.16
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1426
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475.1
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9.63
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
9.15
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.15
9.15
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.4
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.03
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.34
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
2.99
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.558
0.558
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.44
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
38.14
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1942
36.77
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
4.43
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
34.36
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1812
34.31
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Jake Thielman

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.21
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.04
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1539
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.51
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.74
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.45
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.32
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.08
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.14
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.594
2.594
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.51
85.51
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Jake Thielman

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
202.9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
507.25
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
121.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
89.86
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.49
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.39
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
31.88
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.34
64.74
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
171.01
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
188.41
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.665
0.665
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
78.26
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
57.97
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
136.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.23
70.23
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
60.87
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
89.86
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.68
6.68
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
26.09
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.59
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.59
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100