Matt Palmer vs. Brad Ziegler — Career Comparison

Matt Palmer
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Ziegler
Gen XKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Matt Palmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Ziegler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Ziegler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.334 compared to 4.56 and 1.505 for Matt Palmer. By the career numbers, Brad Ziegler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Palmer and Brad Ziegler

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.06
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
9.27
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.46
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.48
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.33
49.33
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.32
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
2.75
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2152
27
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
717.1
9
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
8.79
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
8.21
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.4
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
3.11
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.69
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
4.76
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
6.01
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.014
1.014
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.31
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
39.24
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2947
36.97
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.68
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.31
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.9
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.15
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.25
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.26
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.73
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
33.6
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2635
33.06
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97

Fielding Stats for Matt Palmer and Brad Ziegler

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.06
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
9.27
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2152
27
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
717.1
9
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.56
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.92
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.07
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.65
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
2.8
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.55
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.63
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.17
94.17
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.508
0.508
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.19
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Palmer and Brad Ziegler

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
63
3150
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
739
63342.86
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
500
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
28.42
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
35.37
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-4.06
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
250
Brad Ziegler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.4
2.4
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Ziegler
Career
Per 600 PA