Babe Birrer vs. Connie Rector — Career Comparison

Babe Birrer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Connie Rector
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher

Connie Rector 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 4.66 and 1.454 for Connie Rector. 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 Connie Rector

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.42
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.97
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.53
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.45
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.1
54.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.18
68.18
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.76
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.36
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.66
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3349
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1116.1
9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9.7
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1260
10.16
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.98
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.49
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.78
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
2.92
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.38
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
3.45
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.708
0.708
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
38.96
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4654
37.52
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.73
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.33
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.81
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
5.58
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.91
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.78
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
36.1
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4148
33.44
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.96
38.96
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Babe Birrer and Connie Rector

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
1.51
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.02
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4320
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1440
9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.84
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.78
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.71
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
2.62
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
96.77
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.731
1.731
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.36
67.36
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Birrer and Connie Rector

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
1120
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
216.88
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
711
600
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
27
540
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
648
546.84
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.626
0.626
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
126.58
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
97.05
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
19.41
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
6.75
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
29.54
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
95.72
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60.68
51.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
173
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
200
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
161.18
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.594
0.594
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
60.76
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
60.76
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
114.77
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
91.32
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66.64
56.24
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.53
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
32.07
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.53
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
237
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.67
12.67
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.57
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.84
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.75
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.75
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
Connie Rector
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100