Doug Bird vs. Bob Locker — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Locker
Silent GenerationIowaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Bob Locker a clear advantage over Doug Bird across the core pitching metrics. Bob Locker led in home run suppression (HR9+ 149 vs 65), run prevention (ERA+ 127 vs 75), and strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 79). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 127). Bob Locker was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Bob Locker

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
5.9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.58
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.44
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
3.99
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2637
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
879
9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
7.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.95
7.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.9
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
2.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.42
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.82
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
5.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.949
0.949
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.38
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.37
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5104
37.85
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3643
37.3
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.48
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
2.95
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
590
4.38
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.72
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.2
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3313
33.92
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.85
37.85
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.3
37.3

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Bob Locker

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.2
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
5.9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.74
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2637
27
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
879
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.7
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.79
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
3.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.82
94.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.509
0.509
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.15
23.15
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Bob Locker

Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
432
2880
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
576
3291.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
542.86
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
10.98
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
7.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
86.67
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
85.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
28.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.41
-2.7
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.64
-15.11
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
40
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
233.33
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
61
348.57
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.72
1.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.43
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.71
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Locker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100