Norm Bass vs. Brian Boehringer — Career Comparison

Norm Bass
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Norm Bass built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Boehringer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Boehringer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.552 compared to 5.32 and 1.616 for Norm Bass. By the career numbers, Brian Boehringer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Bass and Brian Boehringer

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.31
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.46
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.6
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.33
43.33
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
5.32
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
4.36
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9.61
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.92
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4.86
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
4.61
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
3.94
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.35
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1146
40.66
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2375
39.98
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.82
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.608
1.608
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.489
1.489
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
35.66
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Norm Bass and Brian Boehringer

Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.31
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.21
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.31
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.84
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.14
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.7
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.13
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Bass and Brian Boehringer

Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
66
444.94
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
552.81
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.93
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.05
13.83
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
74.16
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.71
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40.45
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
67.42
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.48
-9.95
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.22
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
48
323.6
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
259.46
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
1.85
1.85
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
2.31
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.97
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Bass
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA