Tim Hudson vs. Brandon McCarthy — Career Comparison

Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brandon McCarthy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Brandon McCarthy a clear advantage over Tim Hudson across the core pitching metrics. Brandon McCarthy led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 161 vs 104), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 98), and strikeout rate (K%+ 88 vs 79). Tim Hudson held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 105). Brandon McCarthy was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tim Hudson and Brandon McCarthy

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.88
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
1.38
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.45
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.64
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.51
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.38
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.55
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.92
47.92
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.25
77.25
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.49
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
4.2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3671
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223.2
9
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2957
8.51
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9.33
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.71
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.07
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
2.64
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
2.38
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080
5.99
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
6.68
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.68
6.68
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.006
1.006
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.21
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13005
37.43
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5163
37.97
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
3.8
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
4.54
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.33
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.18
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.96
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.76
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11787
33.93
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4740
34.86
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Tim Hudson and Brandon McCarthy

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.88
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
1.38
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.45
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3671
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223.2
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.74
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.42
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.05
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.07
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.23
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
1.65
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.16
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.59
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.9
96.9
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
96.43
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.25
77.25
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Hudson and Brandon McCarthy

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
413.24
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
255
916.17
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
167
600
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
613
518.03
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
146
524.55
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
82.82
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.34
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
62.54
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.15
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
16.06
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.28
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.86
21.86
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.45
5.2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
110.7
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
39.52
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
106.48
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
18
64.67
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.58
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.78
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
35.49
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.15
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
61.69
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
10
35.93
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.36
14.67
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.79
-20.82
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
21.97
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.34
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
160.56
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
273.05
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
3.74
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
56.62
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
43.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA