Jim Bruske vs. Lefty Holmes — Career Comparison

Jim Bruske
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Holmes
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Lefty Holmes built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Bruske as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bruske posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.583 compared to 4.48 and 1.398 for Lefty Holmes. By the career numbers, Jim Bruske had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bruske and Lefty Holmes

Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
6.56
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.93
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.56
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.59
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
4.13
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
4.48
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
27
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1049
27
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
9
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349.2
9
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
9.63
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
8.49
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
4.25
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.09
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
5.94
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
5.64
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.56
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.5
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
40.38
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1527
39.3
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.63
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.81
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
5.61
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.88
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.69
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.542
1.542
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
35.25
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1324
34.08
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.38
40.38
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Jim Bruske and Lefty Holmes

Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
6.56
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.65
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.94
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
27
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
9
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.5
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.69
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.09
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.19
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.34
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.19
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.29
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.83
97.83
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.181
0.181
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bruske and Lefty Holmes

Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
6360
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
73
277.22
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
554.43
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.706
0.706
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
163.29
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
132.91
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
22.78
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
30.38
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
12.71
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
62.61
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
201.27
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
178.48
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.676
0.676
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.75
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
64.56
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
144.3
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-13.17
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.65
74.62
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.19
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bruske
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.38
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Jim Bruske
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100