Tom Brown vs. Fred Heimach — Career Comparison

Tom Brown
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Heimach
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Heimach built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 4.46 and 1.451 for Fred Heimach. By the career numbers, Tom Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Brown and Fred Heimach

Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
2.07
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.89
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.48
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.33
47.33
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.91
42.91
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.39
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
4.46
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3866
27
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288.2
9
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
9.69
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1510
10.55
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.69
9.69
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.45
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.77
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.51
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.54
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
2.33
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
36.69
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5674
39.63
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.73
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
5.27
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
33.92
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5287
36.92
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.69
36.69
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Tom Brown and Fred Heimach

Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.09
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.659
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Brown and Fred Heimach

Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
376.79
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
586
600
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
554.95
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
131.06
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
107.51
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.36
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.12
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.07
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23.55
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.41
46.5
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
165.87
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
159.73
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
59.39
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
50.17
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
106.48
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.08
52.3
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28.67
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
98
100.34
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
5.98
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16.38
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Tom Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100