Harry Byrd vs. Chuck Hensley — Career Comparison

Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Chuck Hensley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Byrd built a career as a starting pitcher and Chuck Hensley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chuck Hensley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.45 and WHIP 0.955 compared to 4.35 and 1.515 for Harry Byrd. By the career numbers, Chuck Hensley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Byrd and Chuck Hensley

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
2.03
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
13.5
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.17
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.59
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.23
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
400
4.35
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.179
0.179
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
890
9.68
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
6.14
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.77
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.45
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
3.86
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
4.14
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
7.36
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.22
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.45
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3675
39.96
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
36.82
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
4.81
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.45
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.955
0.955
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
35.66
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
34.36
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.82
36.82

Fielding Stats for Harry Byrd and Chuck Hensley

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.78
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
13.5
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.1
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.1
9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.18
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.23
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.091
0.091
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.99
22.99
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Byrd and Chuck Hensley

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
385.57
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
600
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262
540.21
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
86.6
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
82.47
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.02
14.48
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
90.72
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
105.15
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.87
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
61.86
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
8.34
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.56
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
60
123.71
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.24
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Chuck Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Chuck Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA