Mike Kircher vs. Walter Silva — Career Comparison

Mike Kircher
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walter Silva
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Walter Silva built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Kircher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Kircher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6 and WHIP 1.625 compared to 8.76 and 1.986 for Walter Silva. By the career numbers, Mike Kircher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Kircher and Walter Silva

Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.63
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.19
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.19
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
8.76
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.74
7.74
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
27
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
9
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
12.94
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
12.41
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.94
12.94
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.41
12.41
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.46
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.69
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
5.47
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.69
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.01
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
40.13
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
44.15
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.69
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.38
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
10.22
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.09
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.987
1.987
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
37.88
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
37.58
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.341
0.341
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.13
40.13
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.15
44.15

Fielding Stats for Mike Kircher and Walter Silva

Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.19
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.19
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
27
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.2
9
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Kircher and Walter Silva

Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
600
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
128.57
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
128.57
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
24.88
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
77.75
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
128.57
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
128.57
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
128.57
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.63
27.05
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
98.94
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Walter Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Silva
Career
Per 600 PA