Harry Billiard vs. Doug Bird — Career Comparison

Harry Billiard
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Billiard 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. Harry Billiard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.573 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Harry Billiard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Billiard and Doug Bird

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.95
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.62
34.62
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
8.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.977
0.977
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
32.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
25.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.376
0.376
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.05
32.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85

Fielding Stats for Harry Billiard and Doug Bird

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
24.88
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
30.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
27.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
89.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Billiard and Doug Bird

Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
52
588.68
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
113.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
30.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
135.85
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
30.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
192.45
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
3.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Billiard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA