Doug Bird vs. Jim Clancy — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Clancy
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Clancy 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. Jim Clancy led in home run suppression (HR9+ 91 vs 65), strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 79), and run prevention (ERA+ 88 vs 75). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 89). Role difference aside, Jim Clancy holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Jim Clancy

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.6
45.6
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
4.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2513
8.98
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.87
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
947
3.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1422
5.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.36
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10772
38.51
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1304
4.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.25
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9639
34.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Jim Clancy

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
0.66
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
1.83
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
1.74
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
94.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Jim Clancy

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
432
2880
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
3933.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
61
508.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
75
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
66.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
11.61
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
10
83.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
2.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
166.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA