Brian Edmondson vs. Nolan Ryan — Career Comparison

Brian Edmondson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Nolan Ryan
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Nolan Ryan 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. Nolan Ryan led in strikeout rate (K%+ 155 vs 68), home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 90), and run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 91). Brian Edmondson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 57). Role difference aside, Nolan Ryan holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Edmondson and Nolan Ryan

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807
1.35
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
0.54
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.64
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
0.49
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.6
52.6
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.37
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.1
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.98
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1911
3.19
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16158
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386
9
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9.64
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3923
6.56
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.56
6.56
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
0.54
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
4.29
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2795
4.67
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.13
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
5.19
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5714
9.55
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.08
7.08
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.053
1.053
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
0.46
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.26
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.06
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
40.34
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22575
37.72
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.43
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.02
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
5.45
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2178
3.64
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.32
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.23
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.01
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
0.44
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
34.46
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19291
32.24
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.34
40.34
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Brian Edmondson and Nolan Ryan

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
807
1.35
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
1.29
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16159
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5386.1
9
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.69
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
0.37
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.27
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
0.91
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.15
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.06
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
1.43
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.96
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
1.28
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.5
89.5
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.05
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Edmondson and Nolan Ryan

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
3025
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
807
505.96
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
957
600
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
852
534.17
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
58.93
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
50.16
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
6.27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
8.78
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
25.78
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.94
10.62
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
71.47
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
82.76
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
25.08
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
22.57
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
46.39
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
16.2
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
-11.22
-7.04
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
23.82
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
225
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
371
232.6
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
40.75
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.25
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
6.9
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.88
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.76
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
Nolan Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50