Orie Arntzen vs. Doug Bird — Career Comparison

Orie Arntzen
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Orie Arntzen 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 4.22 and 1.467 for Orie Arntzen. By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Orie Arntzen and Doug Bird

Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.49
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
4.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
164.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
9.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
3.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
3.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.822
0.822
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
38.77
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
4.66
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
34.72
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.77
38.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Orie Arntzen and Doug Bird

Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3641
27
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213.2
9
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.813
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Orie Arntzen and Doug Bird

Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
32
355.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
54
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
555.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
88.89
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
77.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
17.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
100
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
111.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
44.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.84
9.34
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
177.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Orie Arntzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orie Arntzen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA