Brooks Lawrence vs. Jimmy Nelson — Career Comparison

Brooks Lawrence
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Jimmy Nelson a clear advantage over Brooks Lawrence across the core pitching metrics. Jimmy Nelson led in strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 84), home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 100), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 94). Brooks Lawrence held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 101 vs 95). Jimmy Nelson was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brooks Lawrence and Jimmy Nelson

Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
2.38
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
1.1
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.6
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.46
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.54
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.67
52.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.18
46.18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.36
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.19
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
4.25
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
4.12
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3122
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040.2
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1034
8.94
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
8.74
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.95
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.94
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.33
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
3.44
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
4.16
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.45
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.29
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4448
38.47
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
38.81
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.65
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
4.66
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.63
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.23
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4030
34.85
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2517
34.2
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.47
38.47
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Brooks Lawrence and Jimmy Nelson

Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
2.38
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
1.1
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3121
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040.1
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.73
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.6
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.96
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.44
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.52
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.39
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.39
95.39
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.694
0.694
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.18
46.18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brooks Lawrence and Jimmy Nelson

Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
458.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
360
600
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
208
600
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
319
531.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
550.96
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
81.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
71.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.99
16.66
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
93.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
60.58
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
113.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
28.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
38.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
20.19
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
66.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.96
9.93
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
28.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.54
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
158.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.79
3.79
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
30
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
37.5
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.33
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Lawrence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA