Ralph Birkofer vs. Matt Perisho — Career Comparison

Ralph Birkofer
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Perisho
Gen XIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ralph Birkofer built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Perisho 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 6.39 and 1.866 for Matt Perisho. 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 Matt Perisho

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
2.18
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.77
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.06
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.91
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.46
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.55
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.54
52.54
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.82
15.82
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.4
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
4.19
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
6.39
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1632
27
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
828
27
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
9
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
9
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
10.22
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
11.28
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.22
10.22
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.28
11.28
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.4
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.37
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
2.9
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
5.28
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
3.71
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
6.59
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.734
0.734
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2420
40.04
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
43.21
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.74
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.14
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
5.23
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
7.21
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.42
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.458
1.458
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.841
1.841
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2228
36.86
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
1121
36.55
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.04
40.04
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.21
43.21

Fielding Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Matt Perisho

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.77
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
828
27
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
9
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.98
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.37
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.27
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.92
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.705
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.82
15.82
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Birkofer and Matt Perisho

Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
134
377.46
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
21240
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
600
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
583.1
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.549
0.549
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
140.85
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
118.31
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.72
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.54
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.12
39.79
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
166.2
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
152.11
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.7
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
61.97
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.68
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.99
45.05
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-66.4
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.45
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
109.86
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.63
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.63
Matt Perisho
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Birkofer
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Perisho
Career
Per 600 PA