Jim Buchanan vs. Ryan Madson — Career Comparison

Jim Buchanan
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Buchanan built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Madson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.292 compared to 3.5 and 1.245 for Jim Buchanan. By the career numbers, Ryan Madson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Buchanan and Ryan Madson

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.5
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.96
55.96
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
3.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.48
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141.1
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9.49
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
8.59
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.85
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.72
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
2.59
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.44
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
8.02
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.41
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
36.68
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3631
37.58
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.84
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.37
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
34.83
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3277
33.91
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Jim Buchanan and Ryan Madson

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.51
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.07
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.02
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.52
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.51
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.5
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.3
87.3
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Buchanan and Ryan Madson

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
253.85
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
530.77
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
506.9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
26.52
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
24.28
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
217.24
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA