Babe Birrer vs. Cy Pieh — Career Comparison

Babe Birrer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Pieh
Lost GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cy Pieh 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. Cy Pieh posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.386 compared to 4.36 and 1.446 for Babe Birrer. By the career numbers, Cy Pieh had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Birrer and Cy Pieh

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.32
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.65
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.91
27.91
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.36
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.78
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166.2
9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9.7
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
8.42
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.98
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.43
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.78
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
4.05
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.38
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.906
0.906
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
38.96
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
37.15
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.73
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.24
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.81
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
4.81
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.387
1.387
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
36.1
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
608
32.83
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.96
38.96
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15

Fielding Stats for Babe Birrer and Cy Pieh

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
27
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119.2
9
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.6
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.28
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.28
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.64
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.233
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Birrer and Cy Pieh

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
1120
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
44
488.89
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
27
540
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
566.67
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
95.72
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.15
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
7
77.78
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
200
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
7
77.78
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
77.78
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
100
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
91.32
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
-1
-11.08
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
21
233.33
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Cy Pieh
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Pieh
Career
Per 600 PA