Kurt Birkins vs. Jason Schmidt — Career Comparison

Kurt Birkins
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Schmidt
Gen XIdahoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jason Schmidt 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. Jason Schmidt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 5.85 and 1.553 for Kurt Birkins. By the career numbers, Jason Schmidt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Birkins and Jason Schmidt

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.46
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.42
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.59
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.43
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.52
57.52
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.21
97.21
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.85
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
878
3.96
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5989
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996.1
9
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.8
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1846
8.32
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.83
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.18
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
792
3.57
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.16
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
7.65
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1758
7.93
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.65
7.65
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.277
1.277
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.42
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.23
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
40.98
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8532
38.46
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.09
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
4.32
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.37
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.26
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.54
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.553
1.553
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
35.48
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7550
34.04
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.98
40.98
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46

Fielding Stats for Kurt Birkins and Jason Schmidt

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.17
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
1.46
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.42
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5989
27
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1996.1
9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.41
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
0.73
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
1.19
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.55
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.15
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.217
0.217
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.21
97.21
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Birkins and Jason Schmidt

Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
60
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
273.03
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
712
600
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
503.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
53.09
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
39.61
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.58
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.9
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.48
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.91
14.25
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
78.37
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
73.31
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
24.44
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
17.7
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
36.24
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-4.6
-3.87
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.54
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
282
237.64
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
75.84
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.84
Kurt Birkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.21
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Birkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA