Kohei Arihara vs. Doug Bird — Career Comparison

Kohei Arihara
MillenialJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kohei Arihara 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 7.57 and 1.731 for Kohei Arihara. By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kohei Arihara and Doug Bird

Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.57
7.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
12.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.02
12.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
5.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.022
1.022
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
42.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.86
7.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.731
1.731
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
37.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Kohei Arihara and Doug Bird

Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.467
0.467
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kohei Arihara and Doug Bird

Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
4500
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
2880
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
233.33
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kohei Arihara
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA