Ralph Birkofer vs. Brian Fuentes — Career Comparison

Ralph Birkofer
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Fuentes
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ralph Birkofer built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Fuentes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Fuentes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 4.19 and 1.458 for Ralph Birkofer. By the career numbers, Brian Fuentes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Brian Fuentes

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
2.18
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.06
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.46
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.63
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.4
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.99
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
4.19
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.62
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1632
27
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1840
27
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
9
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613.1
9
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
10.22
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.56
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.4
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.94
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
2.9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
3.79
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
3.71
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
9.38
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.734
0.734
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.47
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.76
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2420
40.04
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
38.48
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.74
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
5.59
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
5.23
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.92
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.4
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.26
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.53
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
1.458
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2228
36.86
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2267
33.27
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.04
40.04
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Brian Fuentes

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
9.54
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1840
27
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613.1
9
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.04
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.29
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.2
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.92
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.18
93.18
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.705
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.126
0.126
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Brian Fuentes

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
134
377.46
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
390000
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
600
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
583.1
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.549
0.549
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
140.85
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
118.31
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.72
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.54
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.12
39.79
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
166.2
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.11
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.7
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
61.97
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.68
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.99
45.05
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.45
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
39
109.86
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.63
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.63
Brian Fuentes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fuentes
Career
Per 600 PA