Chad Kimsey vs. Brian Lawrence — Career Comparison

Chad Kimsey
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brian Lawrence
Gen XColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Lawrence built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Kimsey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Lawrence posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.376 compared to 5.07 and 1.594 for Chad Kimsey. By the career numbers, Brian Lawrence had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chad Kimsey and Brian Lawrence

Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.5
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
1.57
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.42
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.47
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.59
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.28
45.28
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.25
44.25
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
5.07
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
4.19
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1528
27
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2889
27
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
509.1
9
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963
9
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
10.92
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
9.56
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.41
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.94
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.43
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
2.5
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.32
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.14
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
5.58
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.619
0.619
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.898
0.898
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.43
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2265
40.02
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4123
38.53
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.4
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
6.03
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
4.53
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.36
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.94
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2061
36.42
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3742
34.97
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.02
40.02
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Chad Kimsey and Brian Lawrence

Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
1.57
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.42
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2889
27
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963
9
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.59
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
2.27
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.19
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.43
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Kimsey and Brian Lawrence

Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
605.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
170
312.88
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
225
600
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
600
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
206
549.33
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
531.9
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
154.67
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
38
69.94
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
30
55.21
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.88
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.84
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
45.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
8
14.72
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.76
82.03
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
7.88
14.51
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
237.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
48
88.34
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
200
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
51
93.87
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.768
0.768
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.334
0.334
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.73
0.73
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
80
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
16
29.45
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
69.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
20
36.81
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
133.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
35
64.42
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.77
87.38
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.66
1.22
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.67
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
13
23.93
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
141.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
97
178.53
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.33
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
40.49
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.68
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
6
11.04
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brian Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA