Doug Bird vs. Fred Cambria — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Cambria
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Cambria 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. Fred Cambria posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.470 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Fred Cambria had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Fred Cambria

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.62
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
9.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
40.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
36.72
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Fred Cambria

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.64
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Fred Cambria

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
10
428.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
16.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
20
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
32.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Fred Cambria
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Cambria
Career
Per 600 PA