Philip Humber vs. Dick Midkiff — Career Comparison

Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Midkiff
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Philip Humber built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Midkiff as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Midkiff posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.09 and WHIP 1.811 compared to 5.31 and 1.442 for Philip Humber. By the career numbers, Dick Midkiff had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Humber and Dick Midkiff

Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
2.35
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.31
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.39
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.03
41.03
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
5.31
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.09
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
9.65
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
10.95
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.95
10.95
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.13
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.35
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
6.6
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.55
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1630
39.54
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
43.05
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.41
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.64
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.811
1.811
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
35.66
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
37.7
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.05
43.05

Fielding Stats for Philip Humber and Dick Midkiff

Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1113
27
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
9
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.38
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.33
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.567
0.567
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.692
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Humber and Dick Midkiff

Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
4476.92
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
3.73
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
35.04
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-18.27
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
29.57
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Dick Midkiff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Midkiff
Career
Per 600 PA