Emery Adams vs. Doug Bird — Career Comparison

Emery Adams
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Emery Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bird as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Bird posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 4.57 and 1.468 for Emery Adams. By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emery Adams and Doug Bird

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.82
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.83
52.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.17
65.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
439.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
9.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
3.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.93
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.872
0.872
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1957
40.09
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
5.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
35.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Emery Adams and Doug Bird

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.65
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2281
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
760.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.04
92.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.496
1.496
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.47
65.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emery Adams and Doug Bird

Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
152
249.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
562.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
193.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
159.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
34.52
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.66
88.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
236.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
220.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
69.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
146.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.39
100.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
45.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
11.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA