Doug Bird vs. Victor Cole — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Victor Cole
Gen XSoviet UnionThrows RightBats SwitchPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Victor Cole 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 5.48 and 1.609 for Victor Cole. By the career numbers, Doug Bird had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Victor Cole

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.54
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
4.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
40.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.48
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.609
1.609
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
34.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.7
40.7

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Victor Cole

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Victor Cole

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
960
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-44.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
40
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Victor Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Cole
Career
Per 600 PA