Joe Borden vs. Philip Humber — Career Comparison

Joe Borden
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Philip Humber built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Borden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Borden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 5.31 and 1.442 for Philip Humber. By the career numbers, Joe Borden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Borden and Philip Humber

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.14
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.98
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.51
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.03
41.03
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.58
52.58
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.56
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
5.31
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
9.62
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
9.65
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
3.13
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.36
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
6.6
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1249
39.53
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1630
39.54
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
5.86
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.41
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
37.7
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
35.66
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Joe Borden and Philip Humber

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.38
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1020
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.58
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.22
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.85
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.65
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.38
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.8
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.33
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
68
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Borden and Philip Humber

Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
39
153.95
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
4476.92
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
588.16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
110.53
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
98.68
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.09
24.04
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
3.73
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
86.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
31.58
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
118.42
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
23.08
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-18.27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.79
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA