Doug Bird vs. Colby Lewis — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Colby Lewis
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Colby Lewis 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. Colby Lewis led in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 77 vs 65), and run prevention (ERA+ 88 vs 75). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 113). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Colby Lewis.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Colby Lewis

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
1.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.53
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.68
51.68
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.69
83.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
4.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3645
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1255
9.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
2.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
961
7.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.12
7.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.24
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5226
38.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.59
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4672
34.65
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4740
35.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Colby Lewis

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
1.73
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3645
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1215
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.92
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.62
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.65
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.93
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.541
0.541
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.69
83.69
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Colby Lewis

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
2880
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
233
4992.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
546.67
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
578.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
73.33
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
41.7
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
48.31
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
233.33
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
235.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Colby Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Colby Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA