Kurt Birkins vs. Russ Meyer — Career Comparison

Kurt Birkins
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Russ Meyer
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Russ Meyer 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. Russ Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 5.85 and 1.553 for Kurt Birkins. By the career numbers, Russ Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Birkins and Russ Meyer

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.87
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.29
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.55
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.43
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.29
56.29
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.85
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
3.99
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4594
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1531.1
9
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.8
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1606
9.44
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.8
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.18
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.18
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
7.65
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
3.95
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.65
7.65
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
40.98
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6570
38.61
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.28
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.09
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.47
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.553
1.553
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
35.48
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6014
35.35
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.98
40.98
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Kurt Birkins and Russ Meyer

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
7.17
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
8.44
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1021
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340.1
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.82
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
6.8
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
8.96
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.62
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.17
96.17
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.217
0.217
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.36
15.36
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.5
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Birkins and Russ Meyer

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
60
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
319
336.38
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
569
600
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
484
510.37
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
58
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
48.51
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.33
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.11
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9.49
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.11
10.66
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
71.7
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
82.25
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
27.42
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
26.36
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
52.72
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.44
-3.62
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.2
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
146
153.95
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
65.38
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.49
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Russ Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA