Bronson Arroyo vs. Doug Bird — Career Comparison

Bronson Arroyo
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bronson Arroyo 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 148), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 85), and strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 77). Bronson Arroyo held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 100 vs 75). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Doug Bird.

Pitching Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Doug Bird

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
419
1.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.51
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.93
51.93
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.41
91.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1158
4.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7307
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2435.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2507
9.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
2.44
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.22
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
5.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.916
0.916
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10338
38.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1260
4.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
0.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9417
34.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Doug Bird

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
419
1.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
1.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7307
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2435.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
2.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
2.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.15
97.15
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.41
91.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bronson Arroyo and Doug Bird

Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
436
357.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
732
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
629
515.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
66.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
48.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.55
16.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
94.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
78.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
28.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
23.77
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
47.54
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.01
0.83
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
11.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
276
226.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.65
2.65
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
69.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.56
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bronson Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA