Mordecai Brown vs. Nolan Ryan — Career Comparison

Mordecai Brown
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Nolan Ryan
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Mordecai Brown posted a stronger line than Nolan Ryan. Mordecai Brown posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.06 vs 3.19) and WHIP (1.066 vs 1.262). By the career numbers, Mordecai Brown had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mordecai Brown and Nolan Ryan

Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
1.36
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807
1.35
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
0.94
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
0.68
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
0.54
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.37
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
0.49
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.77
64.77
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.6
52.6
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.02
69.02
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
0.77
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
0.37
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.16
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.1
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.14
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
2.06
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1911
3.19
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9517
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16158
27
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3172.1
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386
9
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
7.68
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3923
6.56
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.12
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
321
0.54
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
1.91
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2795
4.67
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.13
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
3.9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5714
9.55
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.646
0.646
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.17
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
0.46
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.18
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.26
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.06
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
12474
35.39
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22575
37.72
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.39
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.02
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1044
2.96
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2178
3.64
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.32
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.23
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
0.44
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.066
1.066
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.247
1.247
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11738
33.3
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19291
32.24
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.39
35.39
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Mordecai Brown and Nolan Ryan

Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
2.05
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807
1.35
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
0.85
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6393
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16159
27
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2131
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386.1
9
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.73
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
0.37
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.56
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
547
0.91
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.15
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.15
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1052
4.44
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
1.43
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
4.29
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
1.28
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.5
89.5
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.095
2.095
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.65
41.65
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.05
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mordecai Brown and Nolan Ryan

Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
493
239.13
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
807
505.96
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1237
600
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
957
600
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1143
554.41
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
852
534.17
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
113.99
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
94
58.93
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
97.98
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
80
50.16
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
9.7
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.27
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
5.34
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.25
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.97
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
16.01
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
8.78
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.76
33.35
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
16.94
10.62
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
283
137.27
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
114
71.47
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
280
135.81
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
132
82.76
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
45.11
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
40
25.08
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
35.89
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
36
22.57
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
80.03
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
74
46.39
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.72
36.24
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
-11.22
-7.04
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
21.34
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
23.82
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
96.52
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
371
232.6
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.22
6.22
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
49
23.77
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
40.75
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
6.9
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.88
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.88
Mordecai Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.88
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.76
Mordecai Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50