Tom Seaver vs. Brandon Webb — Career Comparison

Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Brandon Webb
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Brandon Webb a clear advantage over Tom Seaver across the core pitching metrics. Brandon Webb led in home run suppression (HR9+ 180 vs 85), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 126 vs 92), and run prevention (ERA+ 136 vs 106). Brandon Webb was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tom Seaver and Brandon Webb

Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.36
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.35
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
0.59
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.59
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
0.39
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.27
60.27
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.39
58.39
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.63
98.63
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.5
99.5
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.43
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.11
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1521
2.86
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
3.27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3959
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319.2
9
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3971
7.47
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1200
8.18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
0.72
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.63
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1390
2.62
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
2.97
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.22
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.23
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3640
6.85
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1065
7.26
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.052
1.052
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.24
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.38
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.14
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.34
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19369
36.45
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5515
37.61
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
3.15
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
3.8
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.27
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.41
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.18
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
0.39
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.95
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.239
1.239
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17666
33.24
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4935
33.66
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Tom Seaver and Brandon Webb

Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.36
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.35
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3959
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319.2
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
0.62
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.69
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.3
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.83
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.65
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1020
1.92
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.86
94.86
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.854
1.854
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.63
98.63
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.5
99.5
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.1
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Seaver and Brandon Webb

Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
677
261.73
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
199
261.27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
457
600
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1315
508.38
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
391
513.35
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
78.09
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
44
57.77
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
60.7
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
35
45.95
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
10.82
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.82
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.93
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.64
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
17.4
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
9
11.82
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.91
25.48
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
6.7
8.8
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
106.7
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
53
69.58
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
121.39
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
54
70.9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
38.27
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
12
15.75
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
33.25
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
38.07
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
66.88
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
41
53.83
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.4
19.87
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.13
-8.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
13.13
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
485
187.5
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
238.95
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
46.78
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
72.21
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.31
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.51
Brandon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.25
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brandon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA