Brian Edmondson vs. Alex Newkirk — Career Comparison

Brian Edmondson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Alex Newkirk built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Edmondson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Edmondson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.98 and WHIP 1.606 compared to 5.38 and 1.602 for Alex Newkirk. By the career numbers, Brian Edmondson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Edmondson and Alex Newkirk

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.71
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.48
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.64
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
4.98
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
9.64
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
4.29
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.31
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.19
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
762
40.34
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
40.71
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.43
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
5.45
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.03
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.01
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
34.46
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
36.45
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.34
40.34
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Brian Edmondson and Alex Newkirk

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.76
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.88
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.69
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.27
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.06
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.96
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Edmondson and Alex Newkirk

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
3025
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
44
347.37
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
544.74
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.79
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
25.78
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.59
59.91
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
150
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
181.58
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
39.47
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
86.84
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
16.2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
74.26
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
225
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
23.68
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA