Kevin Appier vs. Doug Bair — Career Comparison

Kevin Appier
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Appier built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kevin Appier led in home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 92). Doug Bair held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 97). Role difference aside, Kevin Appier holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Appier and Doug Bair

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.59
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.48
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.23
55.23
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.12
56.12
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1078
3.74
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
3.63
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
8.41
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
8.3
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.8
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.85
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
3.24
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
4.01
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1994
6.91
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
689
6.82
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.128
1.128
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.37
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10958
38
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3902
38.62
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1168
4.05
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.94
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.25
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.72
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9807
34.01
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3407
33.72
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Kevin Appier and Doug Bair

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.7
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.71
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.78
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.22
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.52
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.02
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.48
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.93
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.09
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Appier and Doug Bair

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
414
2760
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
553.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
557.14
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
53.57
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
5.88
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
16.45
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
53.57
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.46
-16.42
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.11
-11.86
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
39
260
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
246.43
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
2.43
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
33.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA