Doug Bird vs. Mort Cooper — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mort Cooper
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star

Mort Cooper 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. Mort Cooper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.215 compared to 3.99 and 1.339 for Doug Bird. By the career numbers, Mort Cooper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Mort Cooper

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
1.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.17
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.05
63.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.02
81.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.63
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5522
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1840.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1666
8.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
2.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
4.46
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.806
0.806
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7648
37.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7049
34.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Mort Cooper

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3641
27
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213.2
9
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.085
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Mort Cooper

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
297
247.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
544.24
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
87.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.63
28.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
133.98
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
125.66
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.469
0.469
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.61
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
56.59
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
93.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.29
26.87
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
19.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
98.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Mort Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
35.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
14
11.65
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Mort Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA