Tommy Byrne vs. Chuck Seelbach — Career Comparison

Tommy Byrne
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Chuck Seelbach
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tommy Byrne built a career as a starting pitcher and Chuck Seelbach as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chuck Seelbach posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 4.11 and 1.604 for Tommy Byrne. By the career numbers, Chuck Seelbach had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tommy Byrne and Chuck Seelbach

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
1.86
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.17
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.12
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.69
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.46
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.19
55.19
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.5
60.5
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.43
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.96
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
4.11
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.37
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4086
27
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1362
9
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
7.52
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
8.13
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.65
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.76
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1037
6.85
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.51
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
5.06
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.44
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.44
5.44
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.19
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.41
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.56
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6181
40.84
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
37.47
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.48
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.48
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
4.55
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.58
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.597
1.597
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5059
33.43
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
32.85
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.84
40.84
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.47
37.47

Fielding Stats for Tommy Byrne and Chuck Seelbach

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
6.41
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
5.17
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.89
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1183
27
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394.1
9
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.35
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
3.95
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.52
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
5.61
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.86
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
5.3
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.65
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.88
13.88
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tommy Byrne and Chuck Seelbach

Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
377
345.34
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
1730.77
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
655
600
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
601
550.53
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.577
0.577
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
130.99
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
87.02
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
23.82
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.33
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.82
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
43.97
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.59
60.09
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
1.78
41.19
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
207.94
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
184
168.55
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
66.87
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
89.77
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
143.82
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
61.3
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
1.47
33.83
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.75
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
34.81
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
115.42
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
253.85
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.2
5.2
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
2.36
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.08
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
11
10.08
Chuck Seelbach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Byrne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chuck Seelbach
Career
Per 600 PA