Nick Adenhart vs. Doug Bird — Career Comparison

Nick Adenhart
MillenialMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nick Adenhart 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 6 and 2.278 for Nick Adenhart. By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Adenhart and Doug Bird

Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
12.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
4.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.278
2.278
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Nick Adenhart and Doug Bird

Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Adenhart and Doug Bird

Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
600
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Adenhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA