Kurt Birkins vs. Harry McIntire — Career Comparison

Kurt Birkins
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry McIntire
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry McIntire built a career as a starting pitcher and Kurt Birkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry McIntire posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 5.85 and 1.553 for Kurt Birkins. By the career numbers, Harry McIntire had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Birkins and Harry McIntire

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.29
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.03
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.39
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.48
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.64
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.77
37.77
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.32
79.32
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.76
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.85
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
3.22
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4950
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1650
9
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.8
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1555
8.48
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.19
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.18
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
2.94
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
7.65
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
626
3.41
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.65
7.65
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.706
0.706
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.52
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
40.98
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6714
36.62
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.09
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.24
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.553
1.553
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
35.48
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6079
33.16
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.98
40.98
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.62
36.62

Fielding Stats for Kurt Birkins and Harry McIntire

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
1.45
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.04
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4563
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1521
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.28
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
2.6
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
3.07
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
2.88
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.83
93.83
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.217
0.217
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.988
1.988
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Birkins and Harry McIntire

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
60
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
231.88
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
665
600
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
615
554.89
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
120.9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
92.93
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
20.75
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.41
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.8
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
27.97
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.94
42.36
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
157.89
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
150.68
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
48.72
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
36.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
83.01
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.35
45.43
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.61
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.17
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 600 PA
110
99.25
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.05
6.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.34
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.8
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.8
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry McIntire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100