Doug Bird vs. Oscar Levis — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Oscar Levis
Lost GenerationJamaicaThrows RightBats LeftCaribbeanCuban Stars EastAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Oscar Levis 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 4.35 and 1.372 for Oscar Levis. 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 Oscar Levis

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.56
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.54
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.93
50.93
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.74
80.74
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.81
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
4.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2657
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
885.2
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
9.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.36
9.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.47
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
2.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
5.04
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
4.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.17
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.26
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3414
34.69
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
5.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.38
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.54
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2986
30.34
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.69
34.69

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Oscar Levis

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.54
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.18
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2892
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.03
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
3.51
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
3.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.68
94.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.158
2.158
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Oscar Levis

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
172
208.48
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
441
534.55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
122.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
82.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
30.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
40
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.97
53.29
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
179.39
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
161.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
58.18
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
70.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
121.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.85
56.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.64
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
35.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
35
233.33
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
55
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.67
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Oscar Levis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Levis
Career
Per 600 PA