Doug Bird vs. Vicente Padilla — Career Comparison

Doug Bird
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vicente Padilla
Gen XNicaraguaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Vicente Padilla 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. Vicente Padilla led in home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 65), run prevention (ERA+ 93 vs 75), and strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 79). Doug Bird held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 168 vs 93). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Vicente Padilla.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bird and Vicente Padilla

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
2.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.62
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.52
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.89
54.89
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.27
54.27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.4
61.4
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.44
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
3.99
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
754
4.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4714
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1273
9.44
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
9.23
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.23
9.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.9
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
3.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.26
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
5.04
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
6.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.42
6.42
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.16
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.62
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5104
37.85
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6808
38.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
1.48
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.21
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
4.38
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
823
4.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.38
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.47
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.22
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.72
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.96
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
34.65
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6046
34.63
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.85
37.85
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.99
38.99

Fielding Stats for Doug Bird and Vicente Padilla

Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.2
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
2.21
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.74
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.36
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3641
27
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4714
27
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213.2
9
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571.1
9
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.7
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.52
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.92
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.65
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
1.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.68
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.53
94.53
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.505
0.505
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.15
23.15
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.4
61.4
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bird and Vicente Padilla

Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
432
2880
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
386
769.44
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
301
600
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
546.67
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
500.33
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
73.33
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
53.82
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
66.67
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
43.85
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.97
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
10.98
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
11.72
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
80
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
65.78
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
13
86.67
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
91.69
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.91
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
33.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
59.8
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-2.7
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.48
-0.96
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.98
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
31.89
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
233.33
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
130
259.14
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.57
2.57
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
59.8
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.99
Doug Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.99
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Vicente Padilla
Career
Per 600 PA