Ralph Birkofer vs. Brian Boehringer — Career Comparison

Ralph Birkofer
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Boehringer
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ralph Birkofer 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. Ralph Birkofer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 4.36 and 1.552 for Brian Boehringer. By the career numbers, Ralph Birkofer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Brian Boehringer

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
2.18
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.06
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.46
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.4
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
4.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
4.36
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1632
27
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1604
27
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
534.2
9
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
10.22
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
8.79
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.4
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.08
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
2.9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
4.61
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
3.71
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
7.27
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.734
0.734
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2420
40.04
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2375
39.98
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.74
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.65
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
5.23
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.71
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.49
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.61
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.458
1.458
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.489
1.489
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2228
36.86
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2030
34.17
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.04
40.04
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Brian Boehringer

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.99
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1604
27
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534.2
9
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.69
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.14
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.13
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.92
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.53
98.53
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.705
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.188
0.188
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Brian Boehringer

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
134
377.46
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
5772.97
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
600
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
583.1
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
502.7
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.549
0.549
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
140.85
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
118.31
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.72
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.54
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.12
39.79
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.1
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
166.2
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.11
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.7
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
61.97
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.68
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.99
45.05
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-23.01
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.45
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
109.86
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.63
Brian Boehringer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.63
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Boehringer
Career
Per 600 PA