Ray Herbert vs. Brian Lawrence — Career Comparison

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The numbers give Brian Lawrence a clear advantage over Ray Herbert across the core pitching metrics. Brian Lawrence led in home run suppression (HR9+ 125 vs 85), run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 96). Ray Herbert held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 129). Brian Lawrence was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Brian Lawrence

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.95
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
1.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.13
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.5
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.47
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.59
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.29
49.29
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.25
44.25
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.99
57.99
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
4.01
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
448
4.19
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2889
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
963
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
9.56
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.94
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
2.73
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
2.5
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.19
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.32
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
5.58
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.898
0.898
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.18
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.43
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8010
38.32
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4123
38.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
4.43
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
4.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.36
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.94
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
3742
34.97
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Brian Lawrence

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.08
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
1.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
1.18
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2889
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
963
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.59
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
2.27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
2.19
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.265
1.265
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.51
56.51
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Brian Lawrence

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
374.31
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
170
312.88
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
326
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
531.9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
38
69.94
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
73.39
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
30
55.21
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.88
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.84
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
8
14.72
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
7.88
14.51
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
48
88.34
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
51
93.87
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
16
29.45
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
20
36.81
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
35
64.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
1.22
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
13
23.93
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
178.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
33.94
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
40.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.67
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.68
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.04
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA