Brian Bruney vs. Fred Olmstead — Career Comparison

Brian Bruney
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Olmstead
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Olmstead built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Bruney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Olmstead posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.68 and 1.675 for Brian Bruney. By the career numbers, Fred Olmstead had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Bruney and Fred Olmstead

Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
9.46
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.66
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.66
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.42
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.5
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.29
61.29
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.06
56.06
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.65
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.45
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
4.68
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.74
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
779
27
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076
27
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
259.2
9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358.2
9
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
8.15
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
9.49
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.94
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
6.48
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.33
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.45
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
8.73
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
3.39
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.691
1.691
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.49
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.42
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1186
41.11
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
36.18
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.67
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
4.92
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
4.07
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.42
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.45
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.59
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
962
33.34
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1338
33.57
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.11
41.11
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18

Fielding Stats for Brian Bruney and Fred Olmstead

Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
9.46
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.46
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.97
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
779
27
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
27
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259.2
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
9
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.28
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.6
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.18
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.28
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.08
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.18
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.78
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.939
1.939
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bruney and Fred Olmstead

Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
163800
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
66
300
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
563.64
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
86.36
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
72.73
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
20.96
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.18
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
40.91
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
15.35
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
19
86.36
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.95
6.95
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bruney
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA