Lew Brown vs. Henry Merchant — Career Comparison

Lew Brown
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaProvidence GraysNational LeagueCatcher
Henry Merchant
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueCenter Fielder

On the career numbers, Lew Brown posted the stronger offensive profile against Henry Merchant. Lew Brown posted stronger numbers in OPS (.631 vs .619) and slugging (.362 vs .288). Henry Merchant had the advantage in on-base percentage (.331 vs .269). By the career numbers, Lew Brown had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Lew Brown and Henry Merchant

Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
143.91
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
173.54
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1576
600
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
446
600
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1531
582.87
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
379
509.87
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.635
0.635
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
379
144.29
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
90
121.08
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
97.08
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
102.24
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
31.6
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
10
13.45
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
11.8
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.04
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
3.81
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.35
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
47.21
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
14
18.83
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147.84
56.28
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42.19
56.76
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
554
210.91
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
109
146.64
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
161.42
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
191.03
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.617
0.617
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
78.05
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
58
78.03
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
64.34
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
34
45.74
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
364
138.58
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
91
122.42
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160.72
61.19
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48.26
64.92
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.69
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
45
17.13
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
67.26
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.35
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
155
59.01
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.69
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
10.17
10.17
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
223
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.18
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.76
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.76
Lew Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Lew Brown and Henry Merchant

Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
1.05
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.28
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.06
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10053
27
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2630
27
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3351
9
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
876.2
9
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2683
7.21
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
2.61
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.1
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.26
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
0.87
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.18
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3418
9.18
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.05
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3094
8.31
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
2.86
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.52
90.52
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.913
7.913
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.232
2.232
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.4
82.4
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.24
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.63
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Lew Brown and Henry Merchant

Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
2.81
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.86
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.67
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.57
25.57
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
27
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41.2
9
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9.94
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.94
9.94
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
22.5
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.59
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.5
22.5
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.94
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
81
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
41.47
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.08
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
49.5
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.05
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.5
49.5
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
38.02
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Lew Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Lew Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
81
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.47
41.47