Sal Campfield vs. Clay Kirby — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clay Kirby
Baby BoomersDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clay Kirby built a career as a starting pitcher and Sal Campfield as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Kirby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.421 compared to 4 and 1.370 for Sal Campfield. By the career numbers, Clay Kirby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Clay Kirby

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.44
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.6
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.9
41.9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.24
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
3.84
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4644
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.33
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1430
8.31
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.91
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
4.15
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
6.17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
39
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6682
38.85
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
4.39
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.39
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.24
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.384
1.384
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5835
33.92
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Clay Kirby

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4645
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.1
9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.46
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
1.63
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.46
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.64
89.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.833
0.833
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Clay Kirby

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
285.97
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
556
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
515.83
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50.72
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
45.32
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
35.21
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.73
8.34
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
56.12
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
86.33
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.74
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
16.19
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
39.93
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
28.65
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.3
-7.87
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
34.53
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
217
234.17
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
48.56
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.47
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA