Josh Billings vs. Brian Boehringer — Career Comparison

Josh Billings
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Josh Billings 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 5.03 and 1.604 for Josh Billings. By the career numbers, Brian Boehringer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Billings and Brian Boehringer

Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.78
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.14
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.46
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.69
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.1
64.1
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.37
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.03
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
4.36
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
27
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
9.55
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.32
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.89
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
4.61
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.06
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.55
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
41.48
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2375
39.98
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.41
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
6.08
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.604
1.604
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.489
1.489
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
36.05
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.48
41.48
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Josh Billings and Brian Boehringer

Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1604
27
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534.2
9
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.69
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.14
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.13
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.385
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Billings and Brian Boehringer

Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
39
303.9
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
529.87
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
101.3
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.17
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.88
53.62
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
171.43
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
132.47
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.74
60.29
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
38.96
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
116.88
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
5.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
31.17
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Billings
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA