Brad Hand vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Brad Hand
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Hand as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eppa Rixey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 3.75 and 1.290 for Brad Hand. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Hand and Eppa Rixey

Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.39
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.53
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.5
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.45
51.45
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.43
7.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.77
79.77
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
0.58
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.54
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.03
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
3.75
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
7.85
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4633
9.28
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.93
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
9.12
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1350
2.7
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.54
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.15
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3266
38.08
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.96
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
4.15
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.35
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.64
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.272
1.272
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
2871
33.47
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17596
35.23
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Brad Hand and Eppa Rixey

Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
6.75
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.5
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
9
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.12
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.38
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Hand and Eppa Rixey

Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
579
3993.1
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
249.79
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
72
496.55
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1522
547.81
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
104.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
90.34
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
11.88
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.08
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
14.4
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
1.17
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.54
27.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
122.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
125.61
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
34.19
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
39.95
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
73.07
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.25
-29.32
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.08
27.74
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
17.64
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
151.72
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
220
79.18
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
3.95
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.58
7.58
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
103.45
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
31.31
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Brad Hand
Career
Per 600 PA
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50