Jason Bere vs. Jim Fairbank — Career Comparison

Jason Bere
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Fairbank
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Bere built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Fairbank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Bere posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.14 and WHIP 1.572 compared to 5.49 and 1.878 for Jim Fairbank. By the career numbers, Jason Bere had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Bere and Jim Fairbank

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.64
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.58
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.53
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.21
52.21
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
5.14
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3333
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
8.87
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
11.41
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.41
11.41
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.17
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
5.07
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.2
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
920
7.45
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.51
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.41
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4987
40.4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
42.8
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
5.62
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.15
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.38
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.36
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.52
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4241
34.36
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
36.88
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.8
42.8

Fielding Stats for Jason Bere and Jim Fairbank

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.64
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3333
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.6
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.94
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.39
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.63
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.54
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.53
94.53
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.429
3.429
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Bere and Jim Fairbank

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
695.6
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
530.77
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
98.9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
75.82
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.78
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.08
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.03
23.18
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
4.37
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
125.27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
112.09
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
29.67
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.48
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
46.15
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
19.03
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.62
-22.06
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.89
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
60
197.8
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.04
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.19
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA