Babe Birrer vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Babe Birrer
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon 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. Rollie Sheldon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 4.36 and 1.446 for Babe Birrer. By the career numbers, Rollie Sheldon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Birrer and Rollie Sheldon

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.47
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.45
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.35
51.35
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.36
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.09
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9.7
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
741
9.2
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.98
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
2.78
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.38
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.798
0.798
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.17
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
38.96
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.73
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.387
1.387
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
36.1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2841
35.28
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.96
38.96
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Babe Birrer and Rollie Sheldon

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.6
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.24
98.24
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Birrer and Rollie Sheldon

Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
1120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
540
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.883
0.883
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
95.72
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
300
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
200
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
91.32
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.04
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Babe Birrer
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0