Babe Birrer vs. Jose de Jesus — Career Comparison

Babe Birrer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose de Jesus
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose de Jesus built a career as a starting pitcher and Babe Birrer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose de Jesus posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.487 compared to 4.36 and 1.446 for Babe Birrer. By the career numbers, Jose de Jesus had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Birrer and Jose de Jesus

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.62
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.47
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.28
51.28
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.36
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.84
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9.7
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
7.32
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.98
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.78
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
5.85
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.38
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
5.7
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
38.96
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1513
39.02
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.73
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.81
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.98
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.464
1.464
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
36.1
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257
32.42
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Babe Birrer and Jose de Jesus

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.62
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.47
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.6
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.88
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.34
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.28
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.26
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.23
94.23
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.778
0.778
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Birrer and Jose de Jesus

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
1120
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
331.58
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
540
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
57.89
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
95.72
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.54
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
12
63.16
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
200
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
89.47
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.05
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
91.32
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.79
-4.14
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.58
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
60
315.79
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA