Brian Bannister vs. Al Nipper — Career Comparison

Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Nipper
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Bannister and Al Nipper are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 90 for Brian Bannister and 93 for Al Nipper, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 93 and 92 respectively. If forced to pick, Brian Bannister gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Brian Bannister and Al Nipper

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.62
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
1.4
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.52
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.67
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.56
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.53
42.53
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.92
47.92
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.11
86.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.24
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
5.08
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
4.52
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2393
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797.2
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
9.76
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
846
9.55
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.02
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
3.42
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
5.18
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.3
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.911
0.911
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.858
0.858
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.26
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.37
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2914
39.3
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3502
39.51
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
5.49
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
5.1
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.63
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.74
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2627
35.43
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3119
35.19
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Brian Bannister and Al Nipper

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.62
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
1.4
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2393
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797.2
9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.69
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.2
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.29
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.4
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
2.02
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.71
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.98
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.6
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.597
1.597
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.11
86.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bannister and Al Nipper

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
117
2127.27
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
3456
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
527.27
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
552
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
4.56
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.77
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-28.03
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
9
163.64
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Al Nipper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.17
4.17
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Nipper
Career
Per 600 PA