Doug Bair vs. Seth Etherton — Career Comparison

Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Seth Etherton
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAnaheim AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Seth Etherton 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. Doug Bair posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 6.3 and 1.573 for Seth Etherton. By the career numbers, Doug Bair had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bair and Seth Etherton

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.79
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.79
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.7
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.12
56.12
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
3.63
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.3
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.29
6.29
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
8.3
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
10.35
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.85
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
2.1
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
4.01
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.73
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
6.82
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3902
38.62
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
41.16
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.94
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
6.46
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.34
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.63
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.565
1.565
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3407
33.72
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
36.26
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.16
41.16

Fielding Stats for Doug Bair and Seth Etherton

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.79
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.79
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
115.2
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.71
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.22
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
2.02
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.93
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.696
0.696
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bair and Seth Etherton

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
23
1061.54
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
557.14
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
53.57
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
16.45
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
10.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
53.57
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-11.86
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
9.22
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
23
246.43
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
42.86
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
Seth Etherton
Career
Per 600 PA