Ed Chandler vs. Brendan McKay — Career Comparison

Ed Chandler
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brendan McKay
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brendan McKay built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Chandler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brendan McKay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.14 and WHIP 1.408 compared to 6.37 and 1.449 for Ed Chandler. By the career numbers, Brendan McKay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Chandler and Brendan McKay

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.55
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.37
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.14
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
9.4
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9.73
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.12
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.64
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.43
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
10.29
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
39.74
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
39.67
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.98
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.88
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
36.1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
36.37
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Ed Chandler and Brendan McKay

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.39
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
27
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
9
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.1
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.1
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Chandler and Brendan McKay

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
981.82
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
7.82
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
75.97
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
272.73
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
22.77
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
57.57
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA