Doug Bird vs. Zach Lee — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zach Lee
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zach Lee 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 8.53 and 2.211 for Zach Lee. 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 Zach Lee

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.84
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1273
9.44
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
13.5
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.421
1.421
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.16
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
46.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.47
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.211
2.211
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
39.08
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.386
0.386
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.18
46.18

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Zach Lee

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.84
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.505
0.505
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Zach Lee

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Zach Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Zach Lee
Career
Per 600 PA