Tim Byrdak vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Tim Byrdak
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Tim Byrdak as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 4.35 and 1.560 for Tim Byrdak. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Byrdak and Claude Passeau

Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
12.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.34
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
4.35
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1019
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
339.2
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
8.16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
5.38
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
8.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.557
1.557
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.26
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1525
40.41
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.48
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
4.82
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.61
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1276
33.81
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Tim Byrdak and Claude Passeau

Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
12.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1019
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339.2
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.48
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.11
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.67
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.59
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Byrdak and Claude Passeau

Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
479
22107.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
982
561.14
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
16.57
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
26.86
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
21.3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
7.18
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Byrdak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Tim Byrdak
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100