Charlie Buffinton vs. Harry Byrd — Career Comparison

Charlie Buffinton
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year

Harry Byrd built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Buffinton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charlie Buffinton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.234 compared to 4.35 and 1.515 for Harry Byrd. By the career numbers, Charlie Buffinton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Harry Byrd

Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.09
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.03
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.05
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.17
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
0.62
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.5
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.4
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.59
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.52
60.52
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
46
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.75
57.75
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
0.93
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
2.96
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
4.35
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10212
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3404
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3344
8.84
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
890
9.68
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.23
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.77
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
856
2.26
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
3.86
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1700
4.49
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
4.14
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.46
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.08
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14465
38.24
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3675
39.96
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.39
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1824
4.82
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
4.81
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13578
35.9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3279
35.66
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96

Fielding Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Harry Byrd

Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
1.12
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.78
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.1
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14889
27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4963
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
1.66
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.18
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
1.6
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.33
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
3.59
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1797
3.26
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.8
90.8
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.03
95.03
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.903
2.903
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.99
22.99
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.11
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Harry Byrd

Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
152.27
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
385.57
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2309
600
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
291
600
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2214
575.31
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
262
540.21
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
543
141.1
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
42
86.6
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
453
117.71
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
40
82.47
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
17.41
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.12
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.16
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
1.82
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
23.39
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.12
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.41
48.44
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
7.02
14.48
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
663
172.28
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
44
90.72
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
638
165.79
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
51
105.15
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
63.66
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
16
32.99
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
66.26
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
14
28.87
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
128.11
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
30
61.86
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214.84
55.83
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
4.04
8.34
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.04
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
23.65
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.56
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
29.62
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
123.71
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.25
20.25
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
4.85
4.85
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.24
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.64
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.06
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
3.64
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50