Babe Birrer vs. Chris Holt — Career Comparison

Babe Birrer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Holt
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chris Holt 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. Babe Birrer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.446 compared to 4.76 and 1.519 for Chris Holt. By the career numbers, Babe Birrer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Birrer and Chris Holt

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
1.62
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.37
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.62
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.21
84.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.36
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
4.76
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2210
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
736.2
9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9.7
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
10.42
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.98
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.84
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.78
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
3.09
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.38
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
5.2
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.922
0.922
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
38.96
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3236
39.53
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.73
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.81
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
5.2
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.37
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.1
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.501
1.501
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
36.1
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2890
35.31
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53

Fielding Stats for Babe Birrer and Chris Holt

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
1.62
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.37
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2210
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
736.2
9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.6
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.2
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.87
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.8
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.08
96.08
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.21
84.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Birrer and Chris Holt

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
1120
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
385.51
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
600
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
540
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
513.04
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
46.38
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.58
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.8
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.8
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
95.72
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.39
6.94
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.17
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
200
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
72.46
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
34.78
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.39
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.17
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
91.32
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.17
-12.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
23.19
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
83
240.58
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
60.87
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Holt
Career
Per 600 PA